You opined, “if they thought they were being “patriots” by not exposing it or if they were paid off, threatened, or both!” You failed to mention that they are part of the oligarchy and they were in agreement to end the Republic through the Barry Soetoro empowerment.
At the time, I thought they were unwilling accomplices in a soft coup but the love affair between the Bush family and the Clintons proved that assumption to be wrong!
Still not sure about Dick Cheney’s role in all of it...