It&#x27;s a weird blind spot a lot of people have. As if a government agency whose budget depends on a perception of ever-bigger threats will be more reluctant to violate people&#x27;s privacy than Facebook is, or a government agency run by a single political party will report the news more evenhandedly than Fox News does. Large bureaucracies don&#x27;t magically become trustworthy just because you painted a flag on their side.