Posted on 05/22/2016 6:35:59 PM PDT by Nachum
Thought about that a great deal. If we focus our efforts on the seeds planted then, we can possibly reverse the disaster.
But you have to go to the source, and rip them out.
Like repealing the 16th Amendment, for starters...
That's the point. Put in perspective, the things that the people in DC are doing now would have caused a shooting war a long time ago were we in the 18th century.
Guess in the minds of un-elected bureaucrats like Clapper that's all OK. He seems to have nothing but contempt for institutions like elected representation. But until the Congress holds him and the DoJ accountable, they will continue to get away with it.
In the end, it's a massive theft of power. Amazing that the pantywaists in the Congress go along with it.
Well, classification shouldn’t be used to hide criminality, and if the whistleblower laws aren’t working, I would rather the criminality be exposed by whatever means work than hidden forever. The checks and balances within the government are only the first line of defense against tyranny, if they fail, the power rests in the peoples hands to check it themselves.
Perhaps the agencies have the representatives under their thumb? Who better to know all the blackmail about every incoming freshman congressmen than the people who are spying on us all?
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Very interesting and informative article!
I sure hope that Trump has surrounded himself(and family)with the best protection he can buy!
Very interesting read
The Kremlin Admits Snowden is a Russian Agent
https://20committee.com/2016/07/02/the-kremlin-admits-snowden-is-a-russian-agent/
July 2 2016
In the three years since Edward Snowden landed in Moscow, his relationship with his hosts has been a source of much speculation and controversy. The American IT contractor, who worked for the CIA and NSA until he fled Hawaii with more than a million purloined secret files, has not left Russia since he arrived at Sheremetyevo airport on 23 June 2013, on a flight from Hong Kong.
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Then there is the messy question of Snowden’s ties with the Kremlin. To anybody acquainted with the world of espionage, particularly when it involves Russians, Snowden is a defector and his collaboration with Moscow’s security agencies is a sure thing – as I explained recently.
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Now, the Kremlin has settled the issue once and for all by stating that Edward Snowden is indeed their man. In a remarkable interview this week, Franz Klintsevich, a senior Russian security official, explained the case matter-of-factly: “Let’s be frank. Snowden did share intelligence. This is what security services do. If there’s a possibility to get information, they will get it.”
With this, Klintsevich simply said what all intelligence professionals already knew – that Snowden is a collaborator with the FSB. That he really had no choice in the matter once he set foot in Russia does not change the facts.
Klintsevich is no idle speculator. He is a senator who has served in the State Duma for nearly a decade. More importantly, he is the deputy chair of the senate’s defense and security committee, which oversees the special services. The 59-year-old Klintsevich thus has access to many state secrets – for instance regarding the Snowden case.
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