A citizen lying to federal agents is vigorously prosecuted. On the other hand, federal agents are paid to lie and trick citizens, well paid and promoted when successful. The federal government and some states hire contractors in well known companies to spy on people and sometimes to kill people.  Why is this legal?

When someone blows the whistle on this immoral behavior by government, that person is declared a traitor and hunted down, imprisoned or killed. When a government blows up or kills innocent civilians and children by the thousands, government hides it, but even when disclosed nothing is done to stop it, much less to prosecute the perps.