Comment by throwayEngineer

>often we rip on government agencies from our perch on...Hacker News, when we really have no idea what's going on.

In a single department, we don't know.

As a whole, it's been shown over and over that like any organization, government becomes corrupt.

Between defense and universities, I've heard depressing ancedotes as well.

It's lucky and temporary you had a good experience.