Comment by naravara

If the Treasury gets access to the CIA’s data that’s a data breach. Treasury does not have a compelling need to use that data and if they do, there are processes to determine that need and agreements to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to handle and manage that data.

Yeah in theory they’re both parts of “the government” but “government” is a big umbrella that comprises a bunch of separate entities, each with varying degrees of independence from each other. We’re used to thinking of it all as one entity because we’re used to operating under political leadership that isn’t actively trying to destroy the government. But now that they are, the separation of duties matters a lot more. All of this stuff is happening either in violation of, or indifference to the actual law.