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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsProblem is not a Deep State; Problem is a shallow man-an untruthful, vain, vindictive, erratic Potus
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One does not have to be ignorant of the C.I.A.s abusesor of history, in generalto reject the idea of an American Deep State. Previous Presidents have felt resistance, or worse, from elements in the federal bureaucracies: Eisenhower warned of the military-industrial complex; L.B.J. felt pressure from the Pentagon; Obamas Syria policy was rebuked by the State Department through its dissent channel. But to use the term as it is used in Turkey, Pakistan, or Egypt is to assume that all these institutions constitute part of a subterranean web of common and nefarious purpose. The reason that Trump is so eager to take a conspiratorial view of everything from the C.I.A. to CNN is that an astonishing array of individuals have spoken out or acted against him. Above all, he is infuriated that intelligence and investigative services have been looking into possible Russian connections to him, his advisers, his campaign, and his financial interests.
Bannon and Trump, according to the Post, refer to the Deep State only in private, but their surrogates feel no hesitation about doing so openly. We are talking about the emergence of a Deep State led by Barack Obama, and that is something we should prevent, Representative Steve King, of Iowa, said. The person who understands this best is Steve Bannon, and I would think that hes advocating to make some moves to fix it.
Trump and Bannon would undoubtedly have called Deep Throat glaring evidence of an American Deep State. Felt was a Hoover loyalist; he oversaw the F.B.I.s pursuit of radical groups like the Weather Underground and instituted illegal searches, known as black-bag jobs. Yet he was deeply offended that the President and his top aides ran what constituted a criminal operation out of the White House, and he risked everything to guide Woodward. The level of risk became clear in October, 1972, when Nixons aide H. R. Haldeman told him that Felt was the likely source. Now, why the hell would he do that? Nixon said. Is he Catholic? Jewish, Haldeman replied. Christ, [they] put a Jew in there, Nixon said. That could explain it, too. (It didnt, quite. Felt was not Jewish.)
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/20/there-is-no-deep-state
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Problem is not a Deep State; Problem is a shallow man-an untruthful, vain, vindictive, erratic Potus (Original Post)
kpete
Mar 2017
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dalton99a
(81,406 posts)1. They're just parroting an Alex Jones meme
mopinko
(70,023 posts)2. yeah, sure. if there is one it was started by and run by obama.
yeah, that's the ticket.