content: Yeah. The CIA and NSA are designed to operate illegally in countries where they could be tortured or killed for doing so and so they have skills, technology and culture that protects them and makes that a bit easier. Operating in a situation where you operate in a slightly illegal manner, that has low odds of ever being discovered and will probably get some bad press and early retirement if discovered seems like nothing. To them operating within the law must seem like this crazy awesome situation not the default situation.