Posted on 12/14/2022 8:18:28 PM PST by bitt
Shortly after 9/11, Vice President Dick Cheney instructed the National Security State to view all Americans as potential threats.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) were created specifically for this purpose. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) came along in 2002, and within the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) was formed.
The DHS, ODNI, DOJ and FBI became the four pillars of a NEW institution. Atop these pillars is where you will find the Fourth Branch of Government - the Intelligence Branch.
After September 11, 2001, the US electronic surveillance system - that was originally created to monitor threats from abroad - was retooled to monitor threats inside our own country. That is when all of our electronic ‘metadata’ came under federal surveillance. That’s exactly what Edward Snowden tried to point out.
Later, Barack Obama and Eric Holder weaponized that national surveillance system so that their political opposition became the MAIN targets. I believe Obama hired Podesta to complete this task.
The preexisting Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice (DOJ) were then repurposed to become two of the four pillars of the domestic national security apparatus: a domestic surveillance state.
The problems we face now as a country are directly tied to the actions of Bush and Obama. First, the Bush administration monitored the communication of American citizens; and, secondly, Obama’s team fine-tuned and used that system against their political opponents and American citizens - and finally Trump and MAGA.
The DHS, ODNI, DOJ and FBI became the four pillars of this new institution - which is the Fourth Branch of Government - THE INTELLIGENCE BRANCH. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower (military) to John F. Kennedy (CIA) to Richard Nixon (FBI) all warned against this happening. The 4th Branch controls our Government and influences every facet of our life. We The People are under surveillance. We The People are the target. This is what Trump means when he says “They aren’t after me - they are after you. I’m only standing in the way.”
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Love your tagline :)
Rich isn’t a characteristic; it’s a temporary situation that can vanish in minutes. Fat and stupid takes years to achieve and is not easily shed.
mainly flaming leftists.
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Guess we should’t be surprised....Didn’t Brennan and Commey state they “had been” communists? Interesting that neither indicated how/when they ever had an epiphany to change...
Well, not to be picky but drunk is also a characteristic which, as Winston Churchill famously pointed out to Nancy Astor, wore off by the morning.
Not a characteristic…however not reviewing one’s posting carefully enough absolutely IS a characteristic.
Author has a very interesting take on history...both old and more current history including 2022 Florida DeSantis Gov race.
Do you have any info about her? Street creds? etc.?
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