We are critical of the NSA for data gathering. We don't have a problem with all the personal information on us gathered and sold to the highest bidder. Check out Intelius, Google Maps. Surf the web and that is tracked to fill your search with ads and popups.
If our intelligence community is blinded briefly by misguided ideology the enemy is not.ISIS is gaining ground in the Middle East because it has mastered and leveraged the art of digital communication.