I’m not offering up any evidence, just speculating to illustrate a possible scenario – and the attack may have taken place on foreign soil, but so what – all these things are interconnected, terrorism is international and is an attack on our way of life and other countries way of life, so again, just because terrible things happen on faraway shores doesn’t mean its not linked to anything that might affect us in the future. We can’t just bury our heads in the sand and ignore what’s going on in the wider world.
Part of spying is gathering intel from many different sources (sometimes in partnership with other countries, sometimes not) and cross referencing that with other snippets of information and building up a bigger picture. Spying doesn’t work unless you’re spying on everyone as its a global problem involving many countries.
I’m glad our government is spying and I hope they continue to do so. Its their duty and obligation to do so in order to deliver their first and foremost obligation to us – to provide security. Without security our whole way of life and fabric of our society will unravel.
I’m not sure where ethics comes into espionage. By its very nature its unethical.