{"id":4478,"date":"2014-03-14T01:29:44","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T01:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=4478"},"modified":"2014-03-15T01:30:38","modified_gmt":"2014-03-15T01:30:38","slug":"cia-the-rogue-agency-collides-with-the-corrupt-us-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=4478","title":{"rendered":"CIA: The Rogue Agency Collides with the Corrupt US Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>The War Of The Titans Finally Begins<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>What is truly surprising about this &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/03\/08\/us\/politics\/behind-clash-between-cia-and-congress-a-secret-report-on-interrogations.html?_r=1\"><em><strong>Clash of the Titans<\/strong><\/em><\/a>&#8221; is that hardly anyone&#8217;s talking about it in the terms that reflects just how big it really is. Can it get any bigger than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/cia-senate-snooping\/mccain-floats-independent-probe-cia-spying-charge-n50076\">CIA vs. SENATE<\/a>?<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s like Muhammad Ali vs. Mike Tyson. It&#8217;s just not supposed to happen \u2026 and yet it is &#8230; in real time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clash-of-the-Titans-movie-image-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4537\" alt=\"Clash of the Titans movie image\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clash-of-the-Titans-movie-image-3.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clash-of-the-Titans-movie-image-3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Clash-of-the-Titans-movie-image-3-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When this first battle is over between Feinstein et al. and her opponents at Langley, the battlefield will be littered with political carcasses of every stripe and bureaucrats of every color. This is, incidentally, only the first battle of what will become a very long and ugly war. When the greater war is finished, there will be no winners, only losers. \u00a0Just as it should be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What exactly is a rouge agency?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>ROGUE<\/strong><\/em>:<br \/>\n(definition according to\u00a0Dictionary.com)<br \/>\nadjective<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br \/>\n<strong>no longer\u00a0obedient,\u00a0belonging,\u00a0or\u00a0accepted\u00a0and\u00a0hence\u00a0not controllable\u00a0or\u00a0answerable;\u00a0deviating,\u00a0renegade:\u00a0a\u00a0rogue\u00a0cop;\u00a0a rogue\u00a0union\u00a0local.<br \/>\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Documented history is replete with authoritative accounts of the CIA (aka <em>The Company<\/em>) going rogue whenever, wherever, however it wants to. Answering to know one &#8212; ever &#8212; it marches to the beat of its own drummer. Although we cannot know exactly who that drummer is, we can extrapolate its identity by simply viewing the damage and destruction <em>The Company<\/em>\u00a0has wrought across the planet. \u00a0Their agenda ALWAYS gives itself away by asking one simple question &#8212; &#8220;Qui bono?&#8221;. \u00a0Who is it that reaps the most substantial gains from the &#8216;execution&#8217; of the ever-covert CIA agenda?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The CIA Always Hides &#8212;\u00a0<\/strong><strong style=\"line-height: 24px;\">Conveniently &#8212;<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Behind National Security &#8216;Shield&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The one obvious reason why the CIA has always gotten away with &#8220;bloody murder&#8221; wherever it sets up shop is because of the ongoing ruse known as invoking &#8220;National Security&#8221;. \u00a0Has there ever been a bigger scam pulled on the American people, year after year, decade after decade? \u00a0The way this little game works is that\u00a0<em>The Company\u00a0<\/em>has always, and will always, invoke this sacrosanct excuse for doing anything it wants to do, anywhere, anytime, IN THE NAME OF NATIONAL SECURITY. \u00a0 After all, who would ever argue with something so untouchable and sacred as our national security?<\/p>\n<p>So, there you have it. \u00a0The <a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/usa\/obama-cia-unprecedented-action-senator-034\/\">CIA does what it wants to do<\/a>, and doesn&#8217;t do what it doesn&#8217;t want to do &#8212; 24\/7 &#8212; in the interest (usually contrived) of &#8216;national security&#8217;. \u00a0 Of course, they have a little help with all the preferential legislated process and procedure which has given them plenty of cover since their inception. \u00a0Before we get into where they really came from, what cover?<\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of CIA operations are black budgeted. \u00a0Therefore, they virtually always operate under cover of budgetary darkness, with nary a lick of real financial scrutiny or genuine congressional oversight. \u00a0In other words, you simply cannot &#8220;follow the money&#8221; because there are limited funds budgeted by congressional appropriations (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/31997218-10f6-11e3-b5e4-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2vqDbFIss\">$14.7 billion in 2013<\/a>). \u00a0Much of what is appropriated is allocated for all the obvious and non-clandestine administrative and operating costs like overhead for the CIA&#8217;s headquarters in Langley, Virginia. \u00a0For all practical purposes, CIA black operations are virtually invisible.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the multitude of black operations conducted by the CIA worldwide, they are also immune to public disclosure because everything associated with them is ultra-classified and top secret. \u00a0Not only will the details of their work never be disclosed in our lifetimes, they will be kept secret for all future generations. \u00a0These are the ground rules that the\u00a0CIA set up at its very inception. \u00a0Perhaps it&#8217;s because<em> The Company<\/em> is nothing but a newer incarnation of its predecessor known as the OSS (Office of Strategic Services)\u00a0that they off on the <del>right<\/del>\u00a0wrong foot. \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The OSS was the US wartime Intelligence agency created in June of 1942 during World War 2 and was the predecessor of the CIA. \u00a0 The OSS was publicly dissolved in 1945, except that it really wasn&#8217;t. \u00a0Not only wasn&#8217;t it, but its next incarnation &#8212; the CIA &#8212; became the beneficiary of the German Secret Services, by offering safe refuge to high level administrators and agents, as well as a whole host of Nazi war criminals. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2014\/02\/11\/what-cold-war-cia-interrogators-learned-from-the-nazis.html\">Operation Paperclip<\/a> was just one of the several initiatives undertaken by the USA to monopolize German (and Nazi) expertise, knowledge and experience in several areas related to their war endeavors.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Operation Paperclip was the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) program used to recruit the scientists of Nazi Germany for employment by the United States in the aftermath of World War II. It was conducted by the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA), and in the context of the burgeoning Cold War, one purpose of Operation Paperclip was to deny German scientific expertise and knowledge to the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom, as well as inhibiting post-war Germany from redeveloping its military research capabilities.&#8221; \u00a0(Source &#8212; Wikipedia &#8211;\u00a0Office of Strategic Services)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In so doing, various processes, procedures and protocols were borrowed when appropriate from the highly &#8216;respected&#8217; Nazi war institutions. \u00a0Overall, the MO by which the CIA would operate globally very closely resembles the secrecy and stealth by which the WWII Nazis became famous. \u00a0Herein lies the root problem for the USA, as well as the world-at-large.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-12-at-3.24.06-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4541\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-03-12 at 3.24.06 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-12-at-3.24.06-PM.png\" width=\"401\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-12-at-3.24.06-PM.png 401w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-12-at-3.24.06-PM-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When any institution is empowered to carry out <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1953_Iranian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat\">coup d&#8217;\u00e9tats<\/a> at will, overthrow democratically-elected governments, trigger revolutions both bloodless and violent, and incite civil wars, they necessarily act with total impunity. \u00a0The CIA has assassinated scores of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/the-cia-has-attempted-to-assassinate-50-foreign-leaders-including-chavez\/5326864\">world leaders<\/a> who were <a href=\"http:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2003\/9\/11\/sept_11_1973_a_cia_backed\">presidents<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/poverty-matters\/2011\/jan\/17\/patrice-lumumba-50th-anniversary-assassination\">prime ministers<\/a>, political power brokers and financial elite, corporate CEOs and Chairmen of the Board.<\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of these assassinations were conducted so far under the radar that the deaths were officially attributed to suicide, illness or accident, and get this, natural causes. \u00a0There is no organization on Earth that has successfully suicided so many individuals who had not a suicidal bone in their bodies. \u00a0To this very day the fictitiously written CIA press releases, news accounts and obituaries serve as the &#8216;definitive&#8217; record of many of those cold-blooded murders cloaked with suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Any institution, which is deputized to take out the powerful and influential, moneyed and famous, who pose a threat to the politically-correct agenda of TPTB, will eventually self destruct. \u00a0The usual process of such self-destruction follows a time-honored pattern that flows from hubris. \u00a0The accumulated institutional arrogance and hierarchal ignorance eventually sets up the organizational leadership to provoke an adversary more powerful, or well connected, that it is. \u00a0Today we see the Senate pounding its chest like never before in the face of CIA spying on Congress, as an example.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, such a confrontation was inevitable. \u00a0Any agency that is so used to always getting its own way will never be successfully reined in. \u00a0How can it be when &#8220;<em><strong>Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;. \u00a0However, such a rogue agency will eventually cross all the red lines one too many times, as many see the CIA do around the world every single day. \u00a0They&#8217;re constantly revealing themselves through their handiwork, so that it&#8217;s now next to impossible not to recognize where they&#8217;ve just been. \u00a0Wherever there&#8217;s manufactured chaos and confusion, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=4182\">unprovoked violence and mayhem<\/a>\u00a0in a strategic geopolitical location, the CIA &#8216;s fingerprints are usually all over the crime scene.<\/p>\n<p>Both the CIA and NSA have shown themselves to be completely without conscience. \u00a0Likewise, and more significantly, they have no inclination toward any degree of self-restraint. \u00a0Like kids in a candy store, they&#8217;re incorrigible. \u00a0Why should those with political agendas and axes to grind not see their plans through, when they know they can act with total impunity. \u00a0No one can stop them. \u00a0Very few even know about their countless plots and furtive schemes. \u00a0And all of the high-level administrators and deep cover operatives who do have been indoctrinated that all is acceptable \u2026 and performed in the vital interest of national security.<\/p>\n<p>Like the well-known upper levels within Freemasonry, those who populate leadership in the CIA are chosen because they show no tendency to ever leave the spook reservation. \u00a0They also know that they can never leave, since it&#8217;s always a lifetime membership once you&#8217;re initiated. \u00a0Unless, of course, one cares not about being suicided \u2026 or worse. \u00a0At the end of the day,\u00a0<em>The Company<\/em> rarely has to worry about someone turning in their resignation for these reasons. \u00a0Even those who appear to leave are usually involved in a psyop of some kind for one side or the other*.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/773838711.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4542\" alt=\"773838711\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/773838711.jpg\" width=\"456\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/773838711.jpg 456w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/773838711-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Who ever has the biggest dog wins the fight.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s an old saying in Florida politics that goes something like that. \u00a0To a great extent, in mundane matters, it&#8217;s true. \u00a0In the instant case of CIA vs. SENATE, it&#8217;s a little more complicated. \u00a0However, as far as <em>We the People<\/em> are concerned, the more complicated the better, since a long and protracted war between them will eventually precipitate plenty of much needed revelation on both parties.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, to expose them both for the corrupt and dangerous institutions that each has become is the ideal outcome. \u00a0In this way, as they again say in Florida,<em>\u00a0sunshine can be the best disinfectant. \u00a0 <\/em>Sometimes, all that&#8217;s needed is a little sunlight to shine on that which is seriously infected, especially throughout institutions as sick as the CIA (and NSA).<\/p>\n<p>In light of the most &#8220;shocking&#8221; and &#8220;outrageous&#8221; stories about the CIA spying on the most august Congressional body, one thing is certain: \u00a0There are surely many more victims of CIA espionage than the Congress. \u00a0Why not the Supreme Court? \u00a0Or the General Accounting Office? \u00a0How about the IRS and the Federal Reserve? \u00a0Certainly the White House itself is not immune to CIA espionage, is it? \u00a0Neither is the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/u-justice-department-reviews-dispute-between-cia-senate-023706041--finance.html\">Justice Department<\/a> nor the U.S. Patent Office.<\/p>\n<p>Once this genie of highly consequential revelation is out of the bottle, it will be impossible to put back. \u00a0Which will only accelerate and intensify the many battles and wars that are sure to come. \u00a0This is the way that revolutions occur. \u00a0Once a critical mass of individuals understands the depth and breath of criminal activity being committed in their name, and with their tax dollars, the rebellion will start in earnest. \u00a0 From this point on, it really is just a matter of &#8216;execution&#8217; (as they like to say, in the CIA).<\/p>\n<p>Since the seeds of its own destruction were sewn at the inauguration of the Central Intelligence Agency back in 1945, eventually those seeds would sprout into the karmic blowback that is now being witnessed. \u00a0The very same strategies and tactics that the CIA has used around the world for decades will be used against it. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/english.pravda.ru\/world\/asia\/11-12-2008\/106819-proxy_war-0\/\"><em>Divide and conquer<\/em><\/a> is just one of the many devices used with great effect in nation after nation, toppling governments around the world on a whim. \u00a0Now it&#8217;s their turn to receive their just desserts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CIA and NSA: Fric and Frac of US Security State<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It should come as no surprise that this CIA-started conflagration is raging right after the NSA World Scandal. \u00a0Both of these rogue agencies are expert and reliable at causing real outrage and mischief both at home and abroad. \u00a0Even though the CIA is strictly prohibited by federal law from operating as such on American soil, it still manages to muck things up right here in their own back yard. \u00a0They simply could not refuse the temptation to implement their agenda, just as they routinely do abroad (See the Ukraine, Venezuela, Syria, Libya, Iran, for their more recent unmitigated disasters).<\/p>\n<p>The entire world has seen for many decades the abuse and misuse of intelligence agencies for the benefit of a few. \u00a0Now that the light of day has revealed these two as the Fric and Frac that they really are, they both ought to be frogmarched out of DC, and perhaps off the planet. \u00a0What else can be done with these serially criminal agencies with intractable and often <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.gwu.edu\/~nsarchiv\/NSAEBB\/NSAEBB4\/\">odious agendas<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Ideally, it would be quite the development if they both turned on each other so that bully could duke it out with bully. \u00a0Just as the CIA vs. SENATE fight is showing us in living color on the evening news. \u00a0This particular fight, however, is unlikely to produce a new <em>Heavyweight Champion of the World<\/em>. \u00a0The &#8220;War of the Titans&#8221; is rarely that short, and usually occurs on many different battlefields over the course of \u00a0years if not decades.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/145556_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4543\" alt=\"145556_600\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/145556_600.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/145556_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/145556_600-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is another telling parable that, yes, originated in the great State of Florida that goes like this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You can&#8217;t beat City Hall. \u00a0Even when you think you&#8217;ve won, you really haven&#8217;t. \u00a0Therefore, better to play it smart.<br \/>\nWait for City Hall to take on the County. \u00a0Or the States to go after the FED. \u00a0Or \u00a0Congress to mix it up with the CIA.<\/p>\n<p>Playing the David<em>[1]<\/em> can work quite well by carefully slinging the shot at each Goliath on the battlefield. \u00a0If every Goliath is hit between the eyes, you may only knock them down. \u00a0However, when they get back up, they are only facing other very angry Goliaths. \u00a0Each one will be fighting mad, and will gladly do battle with any other Goliath still standing.<br \/>\nThen, David only needs to sit on the sidelines and watch all the Goliaths go after each other, just like Snowden and Assange are currently doing \u00a0from their safe havens.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Eventually, the &#8220;CIA vs. SENATE&#8221; will evolve into an epic and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/Big-Government\/2014\/03\/12\/Issa-Rips-CIA-Over-Feinstein-Spying-Allegations-Treason\">unprecedented brawl<\/a> involving many more parties than just the three branches of the US Government. \u00a0Might as well pull up a seat, sit back and watch the <del>show<\/del> fight.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Thomas<br \/>\nMarch 11, 2014<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/\">StateoftheNation2012.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author&#8217;s Note:<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to note that the CIA has run the extra-judicial drone assassination program from the beginning. \u00a0This is what they do. \u00a0They kill and murder people who have faced no court or trial or jury. \u00a0Just because the CIA labels someone a terrorist, the American people are supposed to accept their verdict and death sentence. \u00a0Their &#8216;convictions&#8217; are neither legal nor moral, and they have done irreparable harm to the nation because of this unlawful and heinous behavior.<br \/>\nThe killer drones accurately reflect the predominant and extremely dangerous type of thinking at the CIA. \u00a0<em>The Company<\/em>\u00a0is truly in the business of death and destruction, murder and mayhem. \u00a0And they get away with it all day long, every day, with minimal scrutiny.<br \/>\nPerhaps it&#8217;s time for <em>The Company<\/em> to go bankrupt. \u00a0Their purpose in the world seems to be incompatible with those of the great majority of US citizens who only desire peace and prosperity. \u00a0Just as the world&#8217;s masses strive for a world without war, and a safe place to live, work and play.<\/p>\n<p>Endnotes:<\/p>\n<p>[1] Edward Snowden has done a marvelous job at playing David as the following recent article demonstrates: \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/Newsfront\/Diane-Feinstein-Edward-Snowden-NSA-CIA\/2014\/03\/11\/id\/558923\/\">Snowden Calls Feinstein Hypocrite on CIA Spying<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[2] &#8220;Corrupt Senate&#8221; refers to its predictable behavior as outlined in the following expos\u00e9. \u00a0Such a flagrant display of hypocrisy, disregard and betrayal of the American people by the Senate has become par for the political course.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/03\/11\/cia-spying-congress_n_4945584.html\">Senators Okay With Spying On Citizens, But Outraged It Happened To Congress<\/a><\/p>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/Big-Government\/2014\/03\/12\/Issa-Rips-CIA-Over-Feinstein-Spying-Allegations-Treason\">Issa Rips CIA Over Feinstein Spying Allegations: &#8216;Treason&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2014\/03\/11\/politics\/senate-cia\/\">Feinstein says CIA spied on Senate computers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/Newsfront\/Dianne-Feinstein-John-McCain-CIA-computer-search\/2014\/03\/11\/id\/558835\/\">McCain Rips Brennan; Suggests Independent Probe Into Senate Computer Search<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/cia-senate-snooping\/cia-accused-spying-senate-intel-committee-breaking-law-n49816\">CIA Accused of Spying on Senate Intel Committee, Breaking Law<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/2014\/03\/07\/220273\/senate-staffers-slipped-secret.html\">WASHINGTON: Senate staffers slipped classified CIA documents from top-secret agency facility<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/usa\/congress-cia-computer-spy-130\/\">CIA accused of spying on Congress over torture report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2014\/03\/dianne-feinstein-cia-intelligence-committee-constitutional-crisis\">The Senate-CIA Blowup Threatens a Constitutional Crisis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/cia-hacked-congress-computer-network-senator-article-1.1717644\">CIA hacked into Congress computer network: Senator<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/19995\/dianne-feinstein-john-brennan-cia-senate-spying\/\">Top Lawmaker Accuses CIA of Illegally Snooping on Senate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2014 State of the Nation<\/p>\n<p>Permission is granted to post this essay as long as it is linked back to the following url:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=4478\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=4478<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The War Of The Titans Finally Begins What is truly surprising about this &#8220;Clash of the Titans&#8221; is that hardly anyone&#8217;s talking about it in the terms that reflects just how big it really is. Can it get any bigger &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=4478\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}