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eh. the shady people are supposed to be the assets; the handlers are supposed to be squeaky clean (on paper, at least.)

but yeah, I imagine that a job which requires keeping secrets and breaking laws tends to attract people who keep secrets and break laws.

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They are not supposed to break laws in the US.

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They're not supposed to operate in the US at all. I'm practice I imagine that's mostly aspirational

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Same with NSA - they are not allowed to conduct surveillance of US citizens on US soil. Shit needs to be brought under control.

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Let’s say it should be avoided.

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In their minds, when (not if) they break laws, they should avoid getting caught... because that's all that matters.

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The mindset of law breaking probably carries across jurisdictions.

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It’s all about professionalism.

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