BIG BROTHER be WATCHING : FACT or fiction  enemy of the state , by David Marconi . Buena Vista Pictures ,1998 .  review by SSgt Creston Patrick Bailey  in the age of post Cold War hoopla , the call to down size not only the military , but we nation Intelligence capability , occur at we own risk . while the Soviet Union be no longer a `` Super Power '' , there be still enemy that would seek to destroy the United States of America . it be in time such at this that David Marconi set he film enemy of the state . in this fictional work , Marconi portray the constant battle between the need of national security and the civil liberty of United States citizen . this battle be depict by the need for the National Security Agency 's need to collect signal and Communications Intelligence -lrb- Sigint and Comint -rrb- at the expense of privacy of United States personnel . the plot of the film be a attempt by power hungry individual in the government to pass a bill that would allow for monitoring of telecommunications traffic of United States citizen . a politician , who be kill by those who support it , oppose the bill . the course of the film bring in a unsuspecting citizen who unknowingly acquire evidence of the murder . Robert Dean , portray by Will Smith , have he life turn upside down by the National Security Agency in a attempt to retrieve the evidence he unwittingly possess . ultimately Dean be able to outwit the National Security Agency and escape they massive technological means and foil they plan to subvert the privacy of United States Citizens . while the plot make for a mediocre film , at best , it be the author , and producer 's ability to pray on the viewer 's fear of ` big brother ' that keep the movie interesting . accord to director Tony Scott the United States Intelligence Community possess technology that can reach in and dominate the life of the american public . image of real-time sub-one meter resolution streaming imagery from orbit satellite , and computer nerd task satellite on a moment notice be serve up to scare a unwitting audience . the use of formerly secret code word offer credibility to the film in the eye of a uneducated public . while all of these image and idea may sell a movie , and make it appear that the United States Intelligence Community be somehow omniscient , it be pure fantasy . not only do the author portray the ability of the United States Intelligence Community falsely , he also fail to mention the illegality of the action use by the National Security Agency in the film . the most obvious of these oversight be United States signal Intelligence Directive 18 , that make virtually every action in the film illegal . however , if the goal of the writer be to scare public , he succeed . while the film do succeed in entertain the public with high tech gadget and suspenseful moment , it do so at the expense of the United States Intelligence Community . the film primary motive appear not to entertain , but to propose a agenda . that agenda seem not to be educate the public on what the United States Intelligence Community do to protect the nation , but that ` big brother ' be watch , and that the United States Intelligence Community be here to destroy you freedom , not to ensure they .