Certainly. Around the time when Trump was elected in 2016, Senator Chuck Schumer remarked that Trump would be given little choice but to follow the alphabet agencies' orders:
“Let me tell you: You take on the intelligence community — they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you,” Schumer told MSNBC’s host Rachel Maddow.
Thanks for the link. It’s a good point that the Deep State can fuck you up if they want, I guess ask JFK how that went.
To admit that the DS has the power to murder Presidents or derail their administration is one thing. To take that several steps further and say that the CIA is allowing Musk to purchase a company is another. That might be true, but in how many universes? I believe there are more universes where this is false than true.
My current line of thinking takes me to the SEC and then stepping in to block the sale. I’ve not really thought the entire thing through so that might be absurd...seems possible though.
So you think allowing the ds the power to murder presidents is acceptable? Yet you think Musk circumventing sec rules on purchasing companies is sacrosanct? Explain please how extrajudicial killings of adversaries are more egregious than securities fraud?
The laws in the United States are broad enough and far-reaching enough that a pretext can always be found to ensure that the establishment gets what it wants.
Certainly. Around the time when Trump was elected in 2016, Senator Chuck Schumer remarked that Trump would be given little choice but to follow the alphabet agencies' orders:
“Let me tell you: You take on the intelligence community — they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you,” Schumer told MSNBC’s host Rachel Maddow.
https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/27/schumer-intelligence-agencies-have-six-ways-from-sunday-of-getting-back-at-you/ contains a link to the interview in question.
Thanks for the link. It’s a good point that the Deep State can fuck you up if they want, I guess ask JFK how that went.
To admit that the DS has the power to murder Presidents or derail their administration is one thing. To take that several steps further and say that the CIA is allowing Musk to purchase a company is another. That might be true, but in how many universes? I believe there are more universes where this is false than true.
My current line of thinking takes me to the SEC and then stepping in to block the sale. I’ve not really thought the entire thing through so that might be absurd...seems possible though.
So you think allowing the ds the power to murder presidents is acceptable? Yet you think Musk circumventing sec rules on purchasing companies is sacrosanct? Explain please how extrajudicial killings of adversaries are more egregious than securities fraud?
The laws in the United States are broad enough and far-reaching enough that a pretext can always be found to ensure that the establishment gets what it wants.
And it's perfectly legal.