&gt; &gt; And of course, one must hold accountable those who abuse that trust.<p>&gt; How? And how would one ever discover the abuse without examination?<p>Because there are inspectors general whose entire careers are built upon investigating the claims of whistleblowers. Anyone who does have legitimate access to information about classified programmes is able to legally contact numerous IGs authorised to investigate those programmes. The entire incentive structure for IGs is designed to reward them when they find wrongdoing.<p>But, as I noted, one also has to be humble enough to recognise that just because one thinks something is wrong or illegal, that doesn&#x27;t mean that it is.