I think what you're failing to understand is that, when the government does something that is legal for them to do but illegal for a citizen to do, by definitio

I think what you're failing to understand is that, when the government does something that is legal for them to do but illegal for a citizen to do, by definition it isn't breaking the law, because the law allows for it. The problem is when the law says the government can't do it, but they do it anyway. That's when the government is breaking the law, and there's nothing right or good about it. They should be held accountable for such illegal acts.