Quote from: Creamsicle on August 08, 2012, 12:53 amNational Security Agency - With a threat to National Security it makes it much more likely that NSA will be used. A multi-agency task force with these two agencies involved would be bad news for a lot of people here. Obviously it is ridiculous to use those agencies for SR BUT if people can anonymously buy grenades and the like online in America, then you can bet your ass they are going to use them.This is a common misconception, actually the NSA deals exclusively with the job of spying on foreign governments and/or existential threats to the State. Information gathering and analysis. I think it is said that if they must spy on American citizens, then they make a request of the British intelligence services instead. This way, they keep themselves at arms length from domestic politics. It's not merely a matter of jurisdiction, but also intelligent decision making. What if the aims of LEO and the intelligence services diverge? Not only is that possible, it's not even especially infrequent, the black market can be a great asset to a secretive organization like the CIA or NSA when legitimate channels become cut off.