Over the past few years, our work here at the NSA has gotten harder and harder. We've faced enemies I never imagined would challenge us. I'm talking about our own citizens. The Lawyers, the civil rights fanatics, the EFF-they've all played a part, but it's more than that. It's the people. They've lost faith. They've become paranoid. They suddenly see us as the enemy. People at the NSA, people who who truly have the nation's best interest at heart, we find ourselves having to fight for our right to serve our country. We're no longer peacekeepers. We're "eavesdroppers," "peeping toms," "violators of people's rights." Unfortunately, there are naive people in the world, people who can't imagine the horrors they'd face if we didn't intervene. I truly believe it's up to us at the NSA to save them from their own ignorance.
