Just in case it wasn't clear, when I wrote "providing for the security of their own country", I was referring to protecting their own citizens and organisations from unjustified mass surveillance by foreign powers (whether or not those powers purport to be allies). If the press releases and government statements are any indication, there seems to be more emphasis right now on collaborating with those foreign powers and even helping them to conduct their surveillance than in reining them in or applying technological measures to prevent or deter acts that are not permitted under our laws.