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Even [[FDR]], before [[Ike]], was concerned about "the potential for misplaced power" in a military industrial complex (years before Ike coined the term}. This was reason for FDR appointing [[Truman]] as his successor. Truman headed the Senate [[Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations]] (before [[Joe McCarthy]]) and was investigating wasteful spending and [[fraud]] in defense contractors during [[WWII]]  (one of the most famous cases is that of the [[Spruce Goose]] as the press dubbed it, and the subject of the [[Leonard DiCapprio]]'s film about the life of [[Howard Hughes]], ''The Aviator''). To his credit, FDR had enough foresight before the war's end and his demise that bloated [[Pentagon]] spending would be the next big challenge Americans would face after the defeat of Nazism and Imperial Japan. What happened was, Truman betrayed his own instincts with passage of the [[National Security Act of 1947]], which created the [[CIA]] and reorganized other government bureaus, creating the modern [[deep state]]. The CIA went on to whack [[JFK]] shortly after Ike's warning, and Truman expressed regret he had ever allowed creating the CIA. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|''The Truth. Just Putin It Out There'']]} 16:11, July 25, 2024 (EDT)

Even [[FDR]], before [[Ike]], was concerned about "the potential for misplaced power" in a military industrial complex (years before Ike coined the term}. This was the reason for FDR appointing [[Truman]] as his successor. Truman headed the Senate [[Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations]] (before [[Joe McCarthy]]) and was investigating wasteful spending and [[fraud]] in defense contractors during [[WWII]]  (one of the most famous cases is that of the [[Spruce Goose]] as the press dubbed it, and the subject of the [[Leonard DiCapprio]]'s film about the life of [[Howard Hughes]], ''The Aviator'').  

 

To his credit, FDR had enough foresight before the war's end and his own personal demise that bloated [[Pentagon]] spending would be the next big challenge Americans would face after the defeat of Nazism and Imperial Japan. What happened was, Truman betrayed his own instincts with passage of the [[National Security Act of 1947]], which created the [[CIA]] and reorganized other government bureaus, creating the modern [[deep state]].  

 

The CIA went on to whack [[JFK]] shortly after Ike's warning, and Truman expressed regret he had ever allowed creating the CIA. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|''The Truth. Just Putin It Out There'']]} 16:11, July 25, 2024 (EDT)