Sunday, November 3, 2013

What Is Power?

“They take orders from the National Intelligence Priorities Framework, not the President.” (From a news report talking about how the president could be unaware of intelligence activity for 5 years.) Perhaps that’s just political cover, but all indications are that the security and surveillance complex do what they want, get what they want—and temporary politicians are of minor concern to them.


Joking bitterly, Jon Stewart responded to how he could poke fun at such a serious matter:  “I pretend I’m a character actor in a movie about the demise of the country.” 

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