turnipheadscarecrow

(Originally asked in /r/math)

Do you think the NSA is good? When you were working there, were you happy with the impact you were having in the world? We know that the NSA is spying on everyone, we know it grossly oversteps its mandate. You might have to pretend when working at the NSA like you don't know what I'm talking about, but now that you're out, I assume you can be more honest with yourselves.

The math is doubtlessly interesting, and there are many selfish reasons to want to work at the NSA. But I want to know, if you do some soul-searching, do you think you did the right thing for the world by working at the NSA?

The government has told their employees that they can't look at leaks even if the general population can. That's what I was referring to. I assumed the NSA has also told their employees to not look at the Snowden leaks. It would be weird if the employees actually were unaware of the leaks, so I assume they might have to lie about their knowledge of them.