>If so, it's incredibly dangerous.
I think it's absolutely thrilling. Just imagine, all it takes is one disgruntled, lucky cypherpunk to crack into the NSA content database and reveal its content to all.
Unencrypted emails, text messages, phone calls between you and your mum. Let's be honest, leaking that database is probably what it's going to take to see any kind of real attention/change on this issue.