"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
The First Congressman to Battle the NSA is Dead. No-one Noticed, No-one Cares
Pike quickly discovered the fundamental problem with the NSA: It was by far the largest intelligence agency, and yet it was birthed unlike any other, as a series of murky executive orders under Truman at the peak of Cold War hysteria. Digging into the NSA’s murky beginnings, it quickly became clear that the agency was explicitly chartered in such a way that placed it beyond legal accountability, out of reach of the other branches of government. Unlike the CIA, which came into being under an act of Congress, the NSA’s founding charter was a national secret...Fascinating story, well worth the read.
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Notice that George H. W. Bush coordinated the political destruction of Pike and the ensuing dis-info campaign.
Politicians seek only power.
Notice also that the Boy in the White House revamped the "Posse Comitatus" act and signed it in January. This is in preperation for military forces to be used in law enforcement activities, also Anthony Scallia of the Supreme Court made it clear that the Posse Comitatus act will be used again when giving a speech to some students. Little bits and pieces add up to a strange future coming to the U.S. and I fear that any form of discussion of other forms of governent can begin to fill the FEMA camps which have already been established.