This is definitely the current state of security within government. I can't say it's anything new, it's just that the technology changed. Now it's about officia

This is definitely the current state of security within government. I can't say it's anything new, it's just that the technology changed. Now it's about officials protecting themselves from being scrutinized by throwing around the law to aid in silencing those that find issues with technology. In the past it was exactly the same, except it was about officials protecting themselves from being scrutinized by throwing around the law to aid in silencing those that find issues in government policy, or government officials that skirted the law in the name of protection of the US people, etc. I think it's easier to go after people under technology laws than it was over finding information through informants and full whistleblowers. More scenarios to find information come about, and more draconian laws follow.