| − | Critics sometimes refer to elements of the [[Deep State]] residing in the Intelligence Community. The [[Edward Snowden|Snowden revelations]] uncovered massive illegal abuses, [[4th Amendment]] violations, and unaccountability to [[Congress]], the [[Supreme Court]], and the [[White House]]. Since the CIA demotion as the central collector of intelligence, the CIA has become even more unhinged in it's involvement in sparking the [[Libyan War]], training and equipping the [[Islamic State]],<ref>'''21 June 2012.''' <font color="brown">''New York Times'' reports "C.I.A. officers are operating secretly in southern Turkey, helping allies decide which Syrian opposition fighters across the border will receive arms to fight the Syrian government...[weapons] are being funneled mostly across the Turkish border by way of a shadowy network of intermediaries including Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood and paid for by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar."</font><br>*http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/world/middleeast/cia-said-to-aid-in-steering-arms-to-syrian-rebels.html<br>*http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/03/25/world/middleeast/an-arms-pipeline-to-the-syrian-rebels.html?_r=0</ref> starting the [[Syrian War]] with it's resultant [[European migrant crisis]], arranging the purchase of the ''[[Washington Post]]'' through [[Amazon.com]] as a [[front organization|front]] to influence US domestic policy, politics, and public opinion, and the manufactured Trump-Russia scare to seize control of the [[foreign policy]] perogative of the [[president]] and dictate it themselves,<ref>http://www.newstarget.com/2017-04-21-proof-ex-cia-director-brennan-worked-directly-with-foreign-spies-to-keep-trump-out-of-the-oval-office.html </ref> unelected, unaccountable to no one, with the ability to [[blackmail]] anyone, including Members of Congress, Supreme Court Justices, Presidents and their staff with IC's unlimited electronic surveillance capabilities. | + | Critics sometimes refer to elements of the [[Deep State]] residing in the Intelligence Community. The [[Edward Snowden|Snowden revelations]] uncovered massive illegal abuses, [[4th Amendment]] violations, and unaccountability to [[Congress]], the [[Supreme Court]], and the [[White House]]. Since the CIA demotion as the central collector of intelligence, the CIA has become even more unhinged in it's involvement in sparking the [[Libyan War]], training and equipping the [[Islamic State]],<ref>'''21 June 2012.''' <font color="brown">''New York Times'' reports "C.I.A. officers are operating secretly in southern Turkey, helping allies decide which Syrian opposition fighters across the border will receive arms to fight the Syrian government...[weapons] are being funneled mostly across the Turkish border by way of a shadowy network of intermediaries including Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood and paid for by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar."</font><br>*http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/world/middleeast/cia-said-to-aid-in-steering-arms-to-syrian-rebels.html<br>*http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/03/25/world/middleeast/an-arms-pipeline-to-the-syrian-rebels.html?_r=0</ref> starting the [[Syrian War]] with it's resultant [[European migrant crisis]], arranging the purchase of the ''[[Washington Post]]'' through [[Amazon.com]] as a [[front organization|front]] to influence US domestic policy, politics, and public opinion, and the manufactured Trump-Russia scare to seize control of the [[foreign policy]] perogative of the [[president]] and dictate it themselves,<ref>http://www.newstarget.com/2017-04-21-proof-ex-cia-director-brennan-worked-directly-with-foreign-spies-to-keep-trump-out-of-the-oval-office.html </ref> unelected, unaccountable to no one,<ref>*[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/15/cia-insults-trump/ The CIA’s affront to Trump:] Withholding a security clearance is a means of challenging presidential policy, ''[[Washington Times]]'', February 15, 2016 </ref> with the ability to [[blackmail]] anyone, including Members of Congress, Supreme Court Justices, Presidents and their staff with IC's unlimited electronic surveillance capabilities. |