What I would suggest to any National Security sorts reading this is that Non-State agents are BY FAR the biggest existential threat to the security of the United States, and that means need to be implemented at the Federal level of identifying and neutralizing–not least through massive asset seizure–these threats.
Now, what I assume to be the case is that said agents already own large chunks of the human real estate in our government, most likely in most cases without the witting understanding or cooperation of those involved, who nonetheless reliably do what makes no sense otherwise, for one motivation or another–perhaps threat, perhaps inducement, perhaps ideology, perhaps stupidity.
I will reshare this video. Well worth your time. Almost all clearly sourced primary data: https://www.banned.video/watch?id=6182943ec1526b2b32741040
I read Vanguard, Black Rock and State Street between them control some $20 trillion in assets. This is roughly equal to the GDP of the United States, if I have my numbers right, and probably more than the wealth of most of the planet put together.
Do you think smart people, with that amount of money, a lack of ethical scruples, and all the consultants money could buy–including intelligence professionals from all the worlds agencies–could get away with crimes on a large scale? I think so. Why not?
For example, why would or could they not have put John Brennan on their de facto payroll while he was still at the CIA? It’s only ethics, not logistics, that would have prevented it, and ethics seem to be shrinking everywhere. And there are of course many forms of payment, aren’t there? Not all money. Most can be bought with money, though. Think of it as bribery through barter, with a healthy dose, most likely, of extortion thrown in.
We all know by now this is possible, don’t we?