Under the Articles of Confederation, after earning its freedom from the British rule, America established a limited self-government in the year 1781 to create a place that was safe and ruled without a king. America was creating the famous democracy it is known for and ensuring the power of its people for years to come. Democracy is a type of limited government where the power of the government is not omnipotent and it is keeps any one particular person or group from having all the power. This is ensured through a system of checks and balances where each branch of government ensures no other branch wields more than they are allowed. The citizens are involved in this process by electing officials to represent them in the branches of government. The
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Included in these laws are outlines of when and where the government can intercede and monitor their citizens. Yet even the government has a tendency to break their own rules. From an internal NSA audit dated May 12, 2,776 different incidents of violations of privacy rules were broken both in and out of country. “Most of the infractions involve unauthorized surveillance of Americans or foreign intelligence targets in the United States, both of which are restricted by statute and executive order,” (Gellman 1). The government we have put in place to rule over us is violating the laws previously placed to protect us. They are violating the laws by surveying us with no right both in our country and people outside our country. “I have eyes everywhere,” (Petry 1). In the Color Replaced By The Gray, the main character the Puppet Master is able to show the Codebreaker everything because he has managed to get access to every camera on a college and high school campus. If a citizen is able to exploit these cameras without the government tracing him, then nothing is stopping the government from continuing to use their own abundant resources to watch their citizens
Included in these laws are outlines of when and where the government can intercede and monitor their citizens. Yet even the government has a tendency to break their own rules. From an internal NSA audit dated May 12, 2,776 different incidents of violations of privacy rules were broken both in and out of country. “Most of the infractions involve unauthorized surveillance of Americans or foreign intelligence targets in the United States, both of which are restricted by statute and executive order,” (Gellman 1). The government we have put in place to rule over us is violating the laws previously placed to protect us. They are violating the laws by surveying us with no right both in our country and people outside our country. “I have eyes everywhere,” (Petry 1). In the Color Replaced By The Gray, the main character the Puppet Master is able to show the Codebreaker everything because he has managed to get access to every camera on a college and high school campus. If a citizen is able to exploit these cameras without the government tracing him, then nothing is stopping the government from continuing to use their own abundant resources to watch their citizens