Mapping the ProblemThere has been an ongoing debate about how closely the government controls its citizens. The government has a defensive role to play, namely espionage. This has been done since the beginning of history, and the government spends too many resources developing and maintaining spy capabilities. Records of espionage extend too far to the point that espionage is often considered the “second oldest profession.” In the Holy Bible, God told Moses to send twelve spies to Canaan and investigate the Promised Land. However, the resources governments have devoted to espionage are unprecedented. An estimated $106 billion in global government spending each year goes solely to foreign intelligence (Solove7). In 2010, US spending on foreign intelligence peaked at $80.1 billion, but in 2012 the country spent $75.4 billion more than all other nations combined. While governments cannot do without spies and expect to remain safe, there is a darker and more sinister picture of spying by governments, whereby they use espionage to control every aspect of individuals' lives, forcing them to act and think in state-sanctioned ways. This article examines the various tenets of US government espionage, the morality behind it, and how they are institutionalized. Uses three literatures to compare and contrast the issues underlying government espionage. They include a trade-off between privacy and security, the use of digital technologies, and an aerial view of national security. The first article is by Best and focuses on the use of digital technology as a means of espionage. The government uses it for convenience, but it will take away citizens' privacy. The government should have focused more on the person... middle of paper... in any case, Cruz absolutely agrees with safety, that the government should go further to provide a proposal of key areas where vehicles Unmanned aircraft should be used in the United States to protect people's safety, even though it could affect people's privacy. Kristy Best has an opposite opinion to Hector Cruz, in which she strongly disagrees that the government should use new technologies 100% to protect people's safety. He thinks the government should first learn to protect the privacy of its citizens, in order to protect their security. So whether the edge of spying is important or not, disdain for the spy is also a topic in itself. There will still be more and more authors who will challenge their ranges, discuss privacy and spy security. American citizens must ask themselves about espionage: it is more important to have security and privacy, otherwise these two things can be balanced.