“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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