Originally Posted by
beardy
The bad guys are well aware of the capabilities of the snoopers, it's just the public who pay for it who are kept in the dark.
If that statement was true, aircraft would be getting shot down regularly in theatre, because the bad guys would know everything about how to score that direct hit.
That doesn't happen so clearly secrecy works. We're all tax payers as citizens, but thankfully most of us would prefer that those putting their skin in the game
weren't put at risk by the enemy knowing how they conduct their business.