Highest Nobel prize per capita. Has an advanced military intelligence arm and released soldiers are great employees for the IT security sector. These two combined create a strong cyber security presence.

Regardless, I don't know what regulations you refer to when the US and China lead the charge on actively spying on the entire world. The US drags down with it many western countries. Which is how the "5 eyes" was created. And no one bats an eyelash.

After the US was exposed for what the NSA did against its allies, no one was persecuted and the Senate was powerless to do anything. All inquires were met with "classified". So, at best, the propaganda over there convinced one person that there are regulations restraining military intelligence and the CIA.