[MechEStudent]

...how well do we use our freedom to choose the illusions we create? -Timbuk 3

Oscar Wilde says: Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Does the soul change?

It is a vast organization with vast bureaucratic momentum and organizational inertia. Can leadership change those? Not even a little. Intel can't change. Emerson can't change. And they have huger and more existential force pushing for change against a smaller mass.

Is the soul any different today than yesterday? Nope.

In ten years you can ask again, and the answer might be maybe.

So the question behind the question is "what is the real soul of the NSA?". Look at their deeds. Words and actions over time tell truth. Look at the trend of their deeds over time.