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More insidious than the partisanship of the intelligence agencies, mostly filled with rank and file patriotic people, is the military-industrial complex, that mostly operates in the shadows.
These "private companies", that often count ex-politicians on their board of directors, and are filled with revolving door lobbyists and political aides, have an agenda entirely of their own.
They are amoral in their quest for profits, simultaneously creating and sucking off of the "black budget" which the people never see, since we are not to be trusted with knowing where our taxpayer money actually goes.
The Abramoff scandal was the tip of the iceberg, and was only revealed since it dealt with Indian tribal affairs, and not weapons building programs, and the profits of the private companies behind these enterprises.
At some point I do hope that there will be a groundswell of support for a better system of government, where the politicians work for the people rather than the other way around, but I am not optimistic, since most power rests in the hands of people hellbent on maintaining the status quo.
ADG
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