Walking along a dark hallway or walking around a room in the dark; we may be use this as an analogy as to where we see the security of our nation. The United States is facing more complex issues relating to security, immigration, and the privacy of the American people. Government has some dark secrets. From as early as the eighteenth century, one might argue that technology has shaped American culture since its inception to its earliest European explorers. Through the development of the telephone, cars, farming, and printing, to name a few areas that have experienced innovation, technology has had a way of instituting new ways of thinking for America. It is a global chance, and by the year 2023, we may become accustomed to living our lives in a world where there are few freedoms and an increase in globalism. The lights will go out. Unfortunately, too few people in our nation had the influence needed to keep the nation from being in the dark.