In past decades, the FBI has expanded its power, reach, and ability to veto democratic will by aligning with putatively "liberal" causes, which resulted in liberal politicians rushing to its defense. The consequence was a greatly expanded, quasi-autonomous surveillance state.
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Not to say the FBI doesn’t have reactionary/conservative elements. Of course it does. But in order to acquire the political cover necessary to expand its surveillance powers, it has historically staked out alliances at the leadership level with prominent liberal figures & causes
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I highly recommend this book for additional context; its focus is on the 50s and 60s, a period when liberal validation greatly accelerated the FBI empowering itself to become an arbiter of which political views constitute "national security threats"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691607222/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 …
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"Hubert Humphrey, for instance, was a leading proponent of empowering FBI to root out "subversives" and stifle worrisome political trends." liberal cause? Try again.
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One who controls the media has true power, and the Congress gave it to the Administration. Ever heard of the Global Engagement Center (GEC)?
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kiriakou … Slide down to where it says trial,Sentance & Prosecution Everything that is wrong with this nation was in its inception.
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This is indisputable evidence that the FBI is a “quasi-autonomous state”.
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