spying in the U2 days was ubiquitous..everyone did it. It probably kept us from war, because everyone had some idea of the others' strengths. That doesn't excuse some of the worst examples, but it DOES justify using measures to figure out what the USSR/Cuba stuff was all about.

You seem very concerned over the years to dwell on perceived flaws in US policy or attitudes and to minimize similar things elsewhere. No country run by human beings gets perfect marks in altruism, but the US at least has a system and rules that do some good things...when we haven't carelessly elected some idiot with delusions...