domestic spying

This following observation is not meant to rationalize the Bush Administration's domestic spying policy, I just thought it funny. So here goes...
Do you suppose there are some Russian expatriates, veterans of the cold war, who scoff at the notion of American indignity towards being eavesdropped upon by our government? As if to say, "You think that's bad? That's nothin'! In Russia, we have KGB spy crash on couch for nine years." Sort of the "I had to walk to school in the snow, up hill, both ways" one-upmanship.