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Title: The Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA Are in Charge
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The Future of Freedom Foundation
URL Source: https://www.fff.org/2018/07/27/the- ... cia-and-the-nsa-are-in-charge/
Published: Jul 27, 2018
Author: Jacob G. Hornberger
Post Date: 2018-07-27 21:22:05 by Deckard
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The U.S. mainstream press can easily recognize the dominant and influential role that the military plays in society, so long as they are referring to countries like Pakistan and Egypt. Unfortunately, the same reporters and commentators turn a blind eye to the similar phenomenon here in the United States. For example, the Washington Post writes: “When not in power, [Pakistan’s generals] have exerted outsize control over foreign policy, the economy, and local politics.” The New York Timeswrites: “Even during civilian rule, the country’s generals have wielded enormous power, setting the agenda for the country’s foreign and security policies…. As prime minister, Mr. Sharif ran afoul of the military early on by trying to assert control over foreign and defense policy, which is seen as the army’s domain.” It’s the same in Egypt. Newsweek points out that after the military coup that ousted democratically elected President Mohammed Morsi from office, “The army stepped in…. Five years on from the coup, the military government — led by general-turned-president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi — has established a firm grip on the nation….” Meanwhile, not surprisingly, the U.S. government is flooding the Egyptian military with hundreds of millions of dollars that the IRS has forcibly taken from the American people. What the mainstream media and, unfortunately, all too many Americans, fail to recognize is that the Egyptian, Pakistani, and American governments all have a fundamental governmental principle in common: All three are national-security states and, consequently, in all three regimes the military and intelligence sections of the government play the dominant role within the government and within society. What is a national-security state? It is a type of government that has a vast and permanent military-intelligence establishment. Secrecy is a core element, with threats of severe punishment on anyone who discloses secrets of the regime. The most important principle of a national-security state is, not surprisingly, a concept called “national security.” Everything revolves around recognizing and eradicating threats to “national security.” There is no established definition of “national security.” The military and the intelligence forces wield the omnipotent and non-reviewable power to determine who and what constitutes a threat to ”national security” and the omnipotent and non-reviewable power to eradicate it. In Pakistan and Egypt, the entire national-security establishment is subsumed in what is simply referred to as “the military.” In the United States, the national-security establishment is divided principally into three parts: the vast military establishment, led by the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA. I say “principally” because to a certain extent the FBI, over time, has been absorbed into the national-security establishment. What many Americans fail to realize is that the United States wasn’t always a national-security state. When the Constitution called the federal government into existence, the federal government was a limited-government republic. The size of the army was extremely small and there was no CIA, NSA, or FBI. There was no concept of “national security.” Transparency, not secrecy, characterized the republic. That all changed after World War II. Americans were told that in order to successfully confront America’s World War II partner and ally, the Soviet Union, in a “cold war,” it would be necessary to convert the federal government from a limited-government republic into a national-security state, which is what the Soviet Union was. That’s how America ended up with essentially the same type of governmental system that exists in Pakistan and Egypt. It’s also how the country ended up with such programs as assassination, torture, indefinite detention, mass surveillance, and denial of due process, none of which existed when the federal government was a limited-government republic. What many Americans also fail to recognize is that it’s the national-security establishment that is really the part of the federal government that is in charge, especially when it comes to foreign policy. That’s why President Trump was unable to pull U.S. troops out of Syria after expressing a desire to do so — the Pentagon wouldn’t permit it. It’s also why he was unable to release the CIA’s long-secret JFK records last fall, as he announced he was going to do and as the law required — the CIA wouldn’t permit it. It’s why Americans continue to be saddled under a regime that engages in mass secret surveillance, no different in principle from that which exists in Pakistan and Egypt — the NSA will not permit the federal courts to interfere with its surveillance operations. It’s why no congressional candidate would ever dare to call for a dismantling of military installations or projects in his district — the Pentagon as well as the local press would skewer him. When it comes to enforcing the Constitution, the U.S. Supreme Court and the federal judiciary are permitted to maintain an appearance of being ultimately in charge but only up to a certain point. That’s why there are people in Guantanamo Bay who have now been incarcerated by the Pentagon and the CIA for 14 years without a trial. A book that every American should read is National Security and Double Government by Michael J. Glennon, professor of law at Tufts University. Glennon explains perfectly how the U.S. national-security state works compared to nations like Pakistan and Egypt. In those countries, the control of the national-security establishment is direct, while in the United States it is indirect. Here, the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA permit the president, the Congress, and the judiciary to appear to be in control of the federal government. But as Glennon shows, it’s just a veneer. The real control lies with the part of the government that wields the largest amount of force, and that part consists of the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA. Recall what George Washington is reputed to have said, “Government is not reason. It is not eloquence. It is force.” But not all parts of the government are equal. Some wield more force than others. It is undeniable that the national-security part of the government wields the most force of all. If anyone in Washington, D.C., had doubts about the overwhelming power of the U.S. national-security establishment, such doubts came to an end on November 22, 1963, when President Kennedy was assassinated after taking on the military and the CIA. (See FFF’s book JFK’s War with the National Security Establishment: Why Kennedy Was Assassinated by Douglas Horne and my new video-podcast series “The National-Security State’s Assassination of John F. Kennedy.) Kennedy had reputedly vowed to tear the CIA into a thousand pieces, to end the racket of the Cold War, to withdraw all U.S. troops from Vietnam, and to normalize relations with Russia, Cuba, and the rest of the communist world, all of which, needless to say, was considered heresy to the national-security establishment. Suddenly, after Dallas, it dawned on everyone in Washington that there was a new sheriff in town, one that would not countenance any threat to the power of the national-security establishment and, of course, to its existence, just like in Pakistan and Egypt. That’s undoubtedly a lesson that President Trump himself is now learning.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
Here you are posting an article trying to tell us that the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA are in charge after all these years that you have been constantly spawning countless conspiracy theories about a global elite secret group not only controlling America but also controlling the entire world....the Bilderberg Group. Deckard, I’m never going to believe you again....NEVER.
Liar - I never claimed that the Bilderbergers are the sole power that is taking us to a New Woirld Order. They play an integral part however. Club of Rome, Trilaterals, CFR, Skull and Bones...all of these groups and others are working hand in hand to create a One-world government. In David Rockefeller's book 'Memoirs' he admits he is part of a secret cabal working to destroy the United States and create a new world order.Here is the direct quote from his book, pg 405: He even goes on to thank the media for their role in keeping it secret. Yeah I know - he's dead, but this plan has been going on for centuries, and it will continue with other like-minded individuals. If you actually did some research instead of spewing bilge from your gob hole at every opportunity, you might actually learn something. I doubt you even read the article - you read the title and decided to shoot off your mouth. The article is talking specifically about the USA, comparing the state of affairs here with those of Pakistan and Egypt. What many Americans also fail to recognize is that it’s the national-security establishment that is really the part of the federal government that is in charge, especially when it comes to foreign policy. That’s why President Trump was unable to pull U.S. troops out of Syria after expressing a desire to do so — the Pentagon wouldn’t permit it. It’s also why he was unable to release the CIA’s long-secret JFK records last fall, as he announced he was going to do and as the law required — the CIA wouldn’t permit it. It’s why Americans continue to be saddled under a regime that engages in mass secret surveillance, no different in principle from that which exists in Pakistan and Egypt — the NSA will not permit the federal courts to interfere with its surveillance operations. It’s why no congressional candidate would ever dare to call for a dismantling of military installations or projects in his district — the Pentagon as well as the local press would skewer him. Even you can't deny that the NSA, CIA and The Pentagon have been calling the shots and are in cahoots to bring Trump down. Oh wait, let me guess. You think it's those evil Democrats. With all due respect, with all the information available to you, I'd say you are pretty naive. Do you deny that the NSA is illegally spying on every email voice mail phone calls and in fact ALL electronic communications of American citizens? Weren't you the one who was praising the ACLU for revealing the errors inherent in one aspect of the global panopticon? Yeah - I'm pretty sure that was you. Maybe you aren't all that concerned with facial recognition cameras - I think you are only concerned that they aren't perfect. I'd guess that you are of the mindset that "if you've done nothing wrong you have nothing to fear" - the mantra of tyrants and despots throughout history. You are a peculiar American Parsons - you don't mind me calling you by that moniker do you? After all Tom Parsons in the book "1984" was a poster boy for Big Brother - his unfettered subservience to the State was so ingrained that he even praised his kids when they turned him in to the Thought Police for committing an inadvertent thought crime. I think the name suits you.
Iran and Pakistan are forming a weapons alliance, not too difficult to imagine others joining in, Egypt and ??? Iran is very innovative in weapons development, and has their own versions of just about everything that the USA & Russia, etc has ever made available to them. Their own version of the S-400, a MACH 14 IRBM missile the Sejil, and a Mach 5 air to air missile which has twice the range of the US counterpart which has a top speed of Mach 4. The USA has fallen behind due to a corrupt Pentagon procurement system, graft & corruption. They've got gobs of money, but it goes into the pockets of crony capitalists, and the military usually ends up with obsolete defective junk. Iran’s top military commander has emphasized the importance of enhancing defense relations with Pakistan, saying the two neighbors are seeking to jointly manufacture defense equipment. Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri made the remarks following a meeting with Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain in Islamabad on Tuesday. During the talks, the two sides touched on the commonalities between Iran and Pakistan as well as the almost 1000-kilometer border between the neighbors, stressing that Tehran-Islamabad ties should be further enhanced in different areas. The Iranian general said that during his visit, he had discussed with Pakistani officials topics such as military education, pilot training, military drills and contacts between the two countries’ defense industries. Iran and Pakistan, he said, are working to jointly build defense products and present them as a joint achievement of Muslim nations. Additionally on Tuesday, Baqeri sat down with Chief of Pakistani Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi. The two officials discussed ways to bolster maritime cooperation between Iran and Pakistan and increase joint naval maneuvers. Baqeri arrived in Pakistan on Monday for an official visit to the country. He has already held talks with his Pakistani counterpart, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Zubair Mahmood Hayat and Foreign Minister Abdullah Hussain Haroon. COMCASA is a military communications agreement that is critical for establishing further interoperability between the U.S. and Indian militaries —
To a certain extent. Central Intelligence Agency Press Release Archive Joint CIA-FBI Press Release on Arrest of Harold James Nicholson November 18, 1996 [Excerpt] - - - - - - - - - - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Evanina William R. Evanina (born 1967) is an American law enforcement official who is currently the NCIX, which is the executive officer of the United States Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive (ONCIX), and who is also the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center. As NCIX he is the head of national counterintelligence for the U.S. Government. Prior to his appointment to ONCIX, he was the chief of the Counterespionage Group for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He gained his initial law enforcement as an agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). [...] Career After college Evanina went to work for the General Services Administration, where he was a project manager in the new construction division. In 1996 he joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation where as a special agent he served in the violent crimes unit, the organized crime unit, and the Bank Robberies and Counterterrorism divisions. He also later served in the FBI's National Security Branch and Counterintelligence Division. He became a certified SWAT team member as well as a certified sniper. During this time he was involved with the investigation into the hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93 on 11 September 2001, the mail-distributed anthrax attacks also in 2001, and the Daniel Pearl kidnapping. In June 2004, he was appointed as a Supervisory Special Agent in the new Joint Terrorism Task Force. While there, following a tipoff from Customs, he led the investigation into the activities of an FBI intelligence analyst at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, who was leaking classified information to parties in the Philippines. Evanina's work led to the conviction of Leandro Aragoncillo for espionage, in appreciation of which Evanina received the FBI Director’s Award for Excellence. In January 2006 he was appointed as Senior Supervisory Resident Agent (SSRA) heading the FBI's New Jersey office in Trenton. In March 2009, he was assigned to the Washington office, and worked in the FBI's National Security Branch, where he led both counterintelligence and counterterrorism operations. In September 2013, Evanina was put in charge of the joint FBI and CIA Counterintelligence Division/Counterespionage Group, where he coordinated personnel from multiple intelligence agencies in countering foreign espionage. In June 2014, he was appointed by James R. Clapper to head the office of the National Counterintelligence Executive, replacing Frank Montoya, and since the reorganization of December 2014 now wears a second hat as the Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center. His office is in the ONCIX offices in Bethesda, Maryland, but he also spends time at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) headquarters in McLean, Virginia. After the firing of James Comey in May 2017, Evanina was under final consideration as interim director of the FBI; instead Andrew G. McCabe remained as acting director until the appointment of Christopher A. Wray in August 2017. In February 2018, President Trump formally nominated Evanina to the directorship of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, as Congress had made the position subject to Senate confirmation as of 2015. The FBI main office is in DC and its training academy is in Quantico, VA. The CIA headquarters is in Langley (neighborhood) McLean (town), VA.
Liar - I never claimed that the Bilderbergers are the sole power that is taking us to a New Woirld Order. They play an integral part however. Club of Rome, Trilaterals, CFR, Skull and Bones...all of these groups and others are working hand in hand to create a One-world government. Oh, I’m so sorry. I believe that you are right. It wasn’t ONLY the Bilderberg Group. Instead, you have been constantly spawning countless conspiracy theories about 5 secret societies that REALLY control the world. Now, I got it. I thank you and I’m so very happy that I have all of this straight now. So, let’s all now go here for a refresher look at those 5 secret societies that you [I’m still pretty sure you did] and others said REALLY control the world [I do hope I got that right now] instead of the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA being in charge. as is now being reported. While trying to keep up with your many conspiracy theory articles on “WHO” is controlling the world, I am often times reminded of this Johnny Carson as Reagan "Who's On First" spoof:
The Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA Are in Charge.
Goodness gracious....I’m shocked, shocked I tell you.
#2. To: Gatlin (#1)
(Edited)
Here you are posting an article trying to tell us that the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA are in charge after all these years that you have been constantly spawning countless conspiracy theories about a global elite secret group not only controlling America but also controlling the entire world....the Bilderberg Group.
Some even believe we [Rockefeller family] are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as 'internationalists' and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure - One World, if you will.If that's the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it.
We are grateful to The Washington Post, The New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost forty years. It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subject to the bright lights of publicity during those years. But, the work is now much more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a World Government.The supranational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national auto-determination practiced in past centuries.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Trump: My People Should ‘Sit Up in Attention’ Like Kim Jong-un’s Staff.
#3. To: Deckard, corrupt uni-party system, *The Two Parties ARE the Same* (#0)
Iran, Pakistan to jointly produce defense equipment: Top general
PressTV-‘US tops list of countries seeking regional insecurity' The chairman of the chiefs of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces says the US seeks to cause insecurity in the Middle East.
This just in.... an agreement to make US military tech compatible with India's. Bush got Mangoes in exchange for nuclear tech. India, U.S.: The Two Countries Make Progress on Military Cooperation
#4. To: Deckard (#0)
In the United States, the national-security establishment is divided principally into three parts: the vast military establishment, led by the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA. I say “principally” because to a certain extent the FBI, over time, has been absorbed into the national-security establishment.
The CIA and FBI have implemented a number of reforms and new procedures at the CIA that are designed to detect the slightest of early warning signs of espionage. As a direct result of these reforms, anomalies were detected that ultimately led to the identification of Nicholson and his alleged espionage activities. These reforms include:
William Evanina
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
#5. To: Deckard, EVERYBODY, Johnny Carson as Reagan Who's On First spoof (#2)
(Edited)
Here you are posting an article trying to tell us that the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA are in charge after all these years that you have been constantly spawning countless conspiracy theories about a global elite secret group not only controlling America but also controlling the entire world....the Bilderberg Group.
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