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It Can Happen Here – LewRockwell

Posted by M. C. on February 8, 2018

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/02/andrew-p-napolitano/it-can-happen-here/

We remain embroiled in a debate over the nature and extent of our own government’s spying on us. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which was enacted in 1978 as a response to the unlawful government spying of the Watergate era, was a lawful means for the government to engage in foreign surveillance on U.S. soil, but it has morphed into unchecked government spying on ordinary Americans.

The surveillance state is now here…

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The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : What the FBI/FISA Memo Really Tells Us About Our Government

Posted by M. C. on February 7, 2018

http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2018/february/05/what-the-fbifisa-memo-really-tells-us-about-our-government/

First, the memo demonstrates that there is a “deep state” that does not want things like elections to threaten its existence.

Second, the memo shows us that neither Republicans nor Democrats really care that much about surveillance abuse when average Americans are the victims. It is clear that the FISA abuse detailed in the memo was well known to Republicans like House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes before the memo was actually released.  Read the rest of this entry »

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The Nunes Memo Needs More Work, by Philip Giraldi – The Unz Review

Posted by M. C. on February 7, 2018

But the FBI has been lying to the public for years

If the alleged Russiagate conspiracy is never actually demonstrated, which looks increasingly likely, it would certainly disappoint the many American talking heads and media “experts” who have been making a living off of bashing Moscow 24/7.

Republicrats shakin’ their moneymaker.

http://www.unz.com/pgiraldi/the-nunes-memo-needs-more-work/

The House Intelligence Committee Memo on possible FBI and Justice Department malfeasance relating mostly to the investigation of Donald Trump associate Carter Page is in some ways a bewildering document. As a former intelligence officer, the first thing I noticed was that the claim by Democrats on the Committee that the memo’s release amounted to “treason” and would compromise classified information does not hold water. I could identify nothing in the memo that was even plausibly damaging to national security, though it might be argued that writing down anything about the activity and operation of the FISA court is ipso facto a compromise of secrets. It is a view that I would dispute because the memo does not actually expose any ongoing investigations or place in danger law enforcement officials. It is one of those fake security arguments that go something like “It is secret because it is secret.” Read the rest of this entry »

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The NSA Is a Blackmail Agency – PaulCraigRoberts.org

Posted by M. C. on January 22, 2018

https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2018/01/21/nsa-blackmail-agency/

The main function of the National Security Administration is to collect the dirt on members of the house and senate, the staffs, principal contributors, and federal judges. The dirt is used to enforce silence about the crimes of the security agencies. Read the rest of this entry »

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