So you responded to a thread I started objecting to a New York Times article, discussing the deep state with Turkish flags. /n
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But an opportunity to delineate overlap and difference, so here goes. /n
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Democratic establishment is incompetent and overly focuses on the wrong things: Big club, but not the best analytic approach.
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The people who paved the way for weakening institutional & other checks because they like the weakener, were very wrong. Yes. /n
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Not all leaks or acts defying instructions institutional hierarchies are good. But some are. Context and ethics dependent. /n
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so here's the key question, in liberal democracies, what do electoral majorities or pluralities get to do and not get to do?
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In no functioning democracy, an electoral does or should allow unfettered power. Seems obvious. Question is how?
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Right. The founders designed checks against such populist abuses - like courts, media, protests. Rogue CIA wasn't one of them.
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I'd never defend "rogue CIA" but you need more if Snowden is not "rogue NSA" For me: exposes wrongdoing public should know?
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How is this not a rogue IC?https://www.wsj.com/articles/spies-keep-intelligence-from-donald-trump-1487209351 …
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That one is hard because it rests on a hypothetical that is truly difficult to imagine but under consideration: compromised NSC.
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This is an unprecedented situation, probably. But going back to "deep state", US has more political appointees over permanent+
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Especially in the context of Turkey, it was something much more. See here. Mindblowing history. http://www.mei.edu/sites/default/files/publications/Unver.pdf …
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