Signed to order? I would be pretty surprised if there were organizational approval and justification for someone spying on an ex-lover.
If you're talking about people violating organizational rules and abusing the tools provided to them to do their jobs, that's an issue that absolutely needs to be addressed, but it doesn't mean we should remove all situations where we trust anyone with power. People with power they might abuse are literally everywhere - sysadmins at telecom and tech companies have even more power than NSA agents to go through your personal affairs unnoticed (and probably go through fewer background checks). On-the-street LE officers have even more power than that by some measure, because they can physically detain and harm you with the tools provided to them by the state. Of course abuse is an issue that needs to be addressed, but taking away power for anyone that might abuse it is simply not a feasible answer at this point.
If you're talking about people violating organizational rules and abusing the tools provided to them to do their jobs, that's an issue that absolutely needs to be addressed, but it doesn't mean we should remove all situations where we trust anyone with power. People with power they might abuse are literally everywhere - sysadmins at telecom and tech companies have even more power than NSA agents to go through your personal affairs unnoticed (and probably go through fewer background checks). On-the-street LE officers have even more power than that by some measure, because they can physically detain and harm you with the tools provided to them by the state. Of course abuse is an issue that needs to be addressed, but taking away power for anyone that might abuse it is simply not a feasible answer at this point.