"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
“Democratic Institutions?” – 10 Lessons from history that will destroy your trust in the CIA
"n the hysterical wake of the Trump-Putin Summit in Helsinki, President Donald Trump was roundly criticised in the media for taking the side of a 'hostile state' over his own intelligence agencies. The Guardian referred to Mueller as a 'heroic marine' who Trump disbelieved in favour of a 'Russian dictator'. In the past, when Trump has criticised the FBI, CIA or NSA he has been accused of 'undermining faith in our institutions'. He’s been blamed for a collapse of trust in the government. But was this trust ever earned?"
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