{"id":92945,"date":"2018-01-20T21:15:37","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T01:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=92945"},"modified":"2018-01-20T21:17:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T01:17:05","slug":"how-the-fisa-memo-can-take-down-deep-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=92945","title":{"rendered":"How the FISA memo can take down Deep State<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"

The FISA Memo is All the Ammunition Trump Needs to Take on the\u00a0CIA<\/h1>\n

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Tom Luongo<\/p>\n

FISA is an abomination. Let\u2019s get that out of the way. And since I don\u2019t believe there are any coincidences in U.S. or geo-politics, the releasing of the explosive four-page FISA memo\u00a0after<\/em>\u00a0Congress reauthorized FISA is suspicious.<\/p>\n

Former NSA analyst (traitor? hero?) turned security state gadfly Edward Snowden came out in favor of President Trump vetoing the FISA reauthorization now that the full extent of what the statute is used for is known to members of the House Intelligence Committee, who are rightly aghast.<\/p>\n

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Officials confirm there\u2019s a secret report showing abuses of spy law Congress voted to reauthorize this week. If this memo had been known prior to the vote, FISA reauth would have failed. These abuses must be made public, and\u00a0@realDonaldTrump<\/a>\u00a0should send the bill back with a veto.\u00a0http:\/\/t.co\/BEwJ9EyIq0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Edward Snowden (@Snowden)\u00a0January 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But, like I said, timing in these things is everything. And the timing on this leak is important.<\/p>\n

Someone leaked this memo to the House Intelligence Committee with the sole intention of giving President Trump the opportunity to do exactly what Snowden is arguing for.<\/p>\n

And well Trump should.\u00a0 This is the essence of draining the swamp.\u00a0 It is the essence of his war with the Shadow Government.\u00a0 If one makes the distinction between the Deep State and the Shadow Government,\u00a0like former CIA officer Kevin Shipp does<\/a>, then this falls right in line with Trump\u2019s goals in cleaning up the rot and corruption in the U.S. government.\u00a0 In a recent interview with Greg Hunter at USAWatchdog.com,<\/p>\n

Shipp explains, \u201cI differentiate between the \u2018Deep State\u2019 and the shadow government.\u00a0The shadow government are the secret intelligence agencies that have such power and secrecy that they act even without the knowledge of Congress.<\/strong>\u00a0There are many things that they do with impunity. Then there is the \u2018Deep State,\u2019 which is the military industrial complex, all of the industrial corporations and their lobbyists, and they have all the money, power and greed that give all the money to the Senators and Congressmen. So, they are connected, but they are really two different entities.\u00a0It is the shadow government . . . specifically, the CIA, that is going after Donald Trump<\/strong>. It is terrified that some of its dealings are going to be exposed. If they are, it could jeopardize the entire organization.\u201d\u00a0[emphasis mine]<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Court the Military Against the Spooks<\/h2>\n

And as I\u2019ve talked about at length, I\u2019ve felt from the moment Trump was elected he was going to have to ally himself with the U.S. military to have any chance of surviving, let alone achieve his political goals.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s final campaign ad was a clarion call to action.\u00a0 It was a declaration of war against both the Shadow Government and the Deep State.\u00a0 And it ensured that if he won, which he did, they would immediately go to war with him.<\/p>\n