Job creation, nothing more

Is anyone surprised to learn that the No Such Agency in the United States has been issuing overblown and misleading claims about the success of its surveillance of phone calls and email traffic in Europe? The spooks must be making a hell of a lot of money out of messing about with their collections, and sitting in an office, making up threats, is a whole lot safer than being out in the field with the risk of running into guys with guns and murder in mind.