“It is indisputable that the US security state wields more power now that ever before”
- so says Glenn Greenwald in his latest internet broadcast.
Following the scandalous spectacle of Russiagate, the distortion of public information under lockdown and the conspiracy of the intelligence community to suppress the damaging Hunter Biden laptop story comes news which shows precisely how much of the national and international conversation is shaped by former US intelligence agents.
How far Greenwald’s claim can be evidenced is the subject of my two part report today, which will compare what has gone before with what is happening now regarding the so-called “secret state” in the USA.
Part One - A Brief History of the National Security State
What became today’s sprawling secret state began with powers granted under the National Security Act of 1947 – which permitted the formerly illegal covert operations to destabilize Soviet nations abroad.
It was followed by the creation of a special secret age…
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