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{{See also|Patriot Act|Obama Administration|FISA abuse}}

{{See also|Patriot Act|Obama Administration|FISA abuse}}

[[File:Govt Advisors SHRED Documents Detailing Fauci Obama-Era Work With Wuhan Lab.PNG|right|300px|thumb|In February 2022 it was reported that government advisors shredded documents detailing the [[Obama administration]]'s work with the [[Wuhan Lab]].<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/02/16/nih-refuses-to-comply-with-congressional-doc-request/</ref>]]

[[File:Govt Advisors SHRED Documents Detailing Fauci Obama-Era Work With Wuhan Lab.PNG|right|300px|thumb|In February 2022 it was reported that government advisors shredded documents detailing the [[Obama administration]]'s work with the [[Wuhan Lab]].<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/02/16/nih-refuses-to-comply-with-congressional-doc-request/</ref>]]

[[John Kennedy]] created something of a hybrid human being, a bureaucratic ''Ubermensch'' in 1962 when he signed an [[Executive Order]] allowing the unionization of federal employees. Saul Montes-Bradley observed: {{quotebox|"The unionization of government employees created a new class of American citizen: A mass of untouchables who ran the daily business of government and who, through the alliance of their unions with the Democratic Party, created a state within the state."<ref>https://twitter.com/Debradelai/status/990413889169915904</ref>}}

President [[John Kennedy]] created something of a hybrid human being, a bureaucratic ''Ubermensch'' in 1962 when he signed an [[Executive Order]] allowing the unionization of federal employees. Saul Montes-Bradley observed:  

{{quotebox-float|"The unionization of government employees created a new class of American citizen: A mass of untouchables who ran the daily business of government and who, through the alliance of their unions with the Democratic Party, created a state within the state."<ref>https://twitter.com/Debradelai/status/990413889169915904</ref>}}

As civil servants, they already were impossible to fire; with [[collective bargaining]] rights and a shop steward to represent them, they become too costly and cumbersome to discipline.

As civil servants, they already were impossible to fire; with [[collective bargaining]] rights and a shop steward to represent them, they become too costly and cumbersome to discipline.

====Freedom of Information Act====

====Freedom of Information Act====

:{{Main article|Freedom of Information Act}}

{{Main article|Freedom of Information Act}}

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was passed so that ordinary citizens could have access to government records to see what their civil servants and bureaucrats were doing. [[Hillary Clinton]] served as an intern on the [[Hillary Rodham Clinton and Watergate|Watergate investigating committee]], and was one of the first investigators to hear the famous Nixon Oval Office tapes.  

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was passed so that ordinary citizens could have access to government records to see what their civil servants and bureaucrats were doing. [[Hillary Clinton]] served as an intern on the [[Hillary Rodham Clinton and Watergate|Watergate investigating committee]], and was one of the first investigators to hear the famous Nixon Oval Office tapes.