| | While FISA is usually referred to as a "post-Watergate reform", it really was a post-Hoover reform. Hoover served 7 presidents, and was notorious for illegal spying and blackmail. All 7 presidents feared firing Hoover, FDR & JFK for example, Hoover had evidence of Franklin, Eleanor, Jack and Bobby Kennedy's personal affairs. Bobby Kennedy was appointed AG to try to neutralize Hoover. When Congress created the FISA court to give Judicial oversight of the Executive branch, it was thought an FBI director couldn't blackmail a president anymore. This is what the [[Trump-Russia]] scandal & [[Deep state coup]] amount to, FBI Dir. Comey attempting to blackmail a president again as Hoover was famous for. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Deep Six the Deep State!'']]</sup> 13:39, 4 February 2018 (EST) | | While FISA is usually referred to as a "post-Watergate reform", it really was a post-Hoover reform. Hoover served 7 presidents, and was notorious for illegal spying and blackmail. All 7 presidents feared firing Hoover, FDR & JFK for example, Hoover had evidence of Franklin, Eleanor, Jack and Bobby Kennedy's personal affairs. Bobby Kennedy was appointed AG to try to neutralize Hoover. When Congress created the FISA court to give Judicial oversight of the Executive branch, it was thought an FBI director couldn't blackmail a president anymore. This is what the [[Trump-Russia]] scandal & [[Deep state coup]] amount to, FBI Dir. Comey attempting to blackmail a president again as Hoover was famous for. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Deep Six the Deep State!'']]</sup> 13:39, 4 February 2018 (EST) |