Excellent point. I'm reminded of the scene in The Dark Knight where Lucius Fox, disgusted with Batman for spying on all of Gotham, tells him "That's it, I'm not helping you with tech stuff anymore." Regardless of how one feels about the "is it justified to violate the public's rights if it could stop them getting killed" dilemma, it's hard not to admire Lucius for standing by his principles and showing integrity.