Thank-you for the acknowledgement.
While I have your attention, I wanted to show you this.
I believe you may have referred to the '7th floor shadow government' as CIA (if I'm wrong, I'm sorry). I believe it refers to the FBI; specifically Andrew McCabe and the State Department:
Here is what I tracked down. This all came out before McCabe announced his retirement; which is why he likely announced his retirement:
CNBC: FBI release on Clinton email probe refers to 'Shadow Government'
Mon, Oct, 17 2016
One revelation in the documents came from an interview with an unidentified person who suggested that Freedom of Information Act requests related to Clinton went through a group sometimes called "the Shadow Government."
"There was a powerful group of very high-ranking state officials that some referred to as 'The 7th Floor Group' or 'The Shadow Government.' This group met every Wednesday afternoon to discuss the FOIA process, Congressional records, and everything CLINTON-related to FOIA/Congressional inquiries," the FBI's interview summary said.
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/17/fbi-releases-100-new-pages-on-clinton-email-probe.html
LA TIMES: FBI's new second-in-command makes decisions, not headlines (Andrew McCabe - 7th Floor FBI ‘Shadow Government’)
May 05, 2016
From his perch on the 7th floor of FBI headquarters, Andrew McCabe is one of the most powerful figures in U.S. law enforcement, but most Americans would be hard-pressed to pick him out of a lineup.
http://beta.latimes.com/nation/na-la-fbi-deputy-director-20160505-snap-story.html
CBS: State Dept. carries out layoffs under Rex Tillerson (7th Floor ‘Shadow Government’)
February 17, 2017
While Rex Tillerson is on his first overseas trip as Secretary of State, his aides laid off staff at the State Department on Thursday.
Much of seventh-floor staff, who work for the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources and the Counselor offices, were told today that their services were no longer needed.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-dept-layoffs-under-rex-tillerson-being-carried-out/
The Hill: GOP lawmakers raise concerns over 'secret society' in FBI agents' texts
http://thehill.com/policy/370211-gowdy-says-fbi-agents-text-messages-mention-secret-society-after-election
If you don't mind me butting in, just let me say this. I've always thought of the "shadow government" as referring to the entire "deep state." Which includes the upper management of the FBI, CIA, DOJ, State Department, members of the entrenched bureaucracies, along with some if not most of Congress, and past politicians. I consider the FBI nothing more than the enforcement and "fixer" arm of the "shadow government," and not the whole enchilada.
It's my belief that the largest organizational head of the hydra resided in the State Department, followed closely by the CIA with perhaps others pulling all the strings.
That's my take, and I'm sticking to it.
Think big, bigger, biggest.
It is possible. . . but the CIA and the FBI both have their top echelons on the 7th Floors of their buildings. The State Department's top echelon has been traditionally called the Mahogany Row due to the large expanses of mahogany panelling and wood work on that floor, i.e. very fancy offices.
Q had just talked about taking out the upper management of the CIA and then started referencing the 7th Floor. . . while the FBI was still a major problem, but not the shadow government issue the CIA represented.
The reason for the 7th floor issue is that for many years, no buildings in the DC area were allowed to be built that were taller than the Capitol building's main structure's top floor. . . which was built on a hill. This limited buildings to seven stories with high ceilings. . . ergo, the highest offices and best views were on the seventh floor of all government office buildings. . .
There may have been jockeying for position as to which bureaucracy could call itself "The Seventh Floor" in slang, or all of them did. . . but which ones got accepted in the parlance of DC slang and by what groups is questionable. The Tom Clancy novels refer to the CIA headquarter's top echelon as "The Seventh Floor". . . but the FBI as "The Director's Offices." Why? I have no clue, but he had access to a lot of insiders. The farther you get away from Washington, the more murky it gets.
I've been trying to nail it down for some time and settled on who were the real "shadow government" around the world, acting rogue, with such actions as NK, and IRAN, from the Q drops. . . and that settled it for the CIA.
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