Did he give any reason for it? I'm curious to know his thought process.
Dan: That's an interesting observation. I think it's primarily because when you involve the government like in espionage movies, there's, in peoples' minds, a clear-cut difference between right and wrong, not to mention that the government must always know what's right.
But then you've got individual people involved in it, with no government involvement whatsoever, and the moral distinctions get a bit less clearer.