Why even bother...?

If this kind of thing is just SOP for our government and our senators & congresspeople 'can't' vote against it, why even pretend that the American people have a say in how our intelligence agencies are run? I'm glad I don't know very much about how they operate and how they're funded because it would be too much overwhelmingly bad news to cope with.

Okay - this story is hilarious. The thought that these other nations could even touch us within the next 5-10 yrs is ludicrous. Not because they're not trying or don't have good technology, but our big technology companies simply won't stand for not being the biggest players. They'll do what they have to and now it looks like they're going the way of the defense, airline, insurance, and pharmaceutical companies by asking for the government to subsidize what should be the company's responsibility. Too bad our government is also so scared of losing a jot of power that it'll hand over money to any company/organization that comes up with good enough sounding dire warnings....

Exactly how much of the supply/demand chain do you have to own to be considered a monopoly? Maybe he still needs to buy some actors/actresses to qualify...

Stories like this make me wonder even more how much the military really rules this country...