[mistersquid]

> It's the same government across the board.

This is an overly simplistic view of a complex bureaucratic entity, the US government.

There are restrictions about the ways in which governmental agencies may share information, and violations of such restrictions are considered serious and are sanctioned as such when they come to light.

This is entirely ignoring the fact that the goals of the various organizations, different departments, and innumerable individuals are often at cross-purposes.

In other words, the presence of governmental authority is not the same as the oppression and exploitation of citizens as a matter of course.

EDIT: clarify/reword second sentence.