There is no deep state. It's a paranoid fantasy, an anathema to democracy conjured up by...(me?)
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For most Americans, the "deep state" is
something that exists somewhere else.
It's a phrase often linked to stifling dictatorships, weak democracies and banana republics. When you bring up the "deep state," you are pointing to cabals operating in secret or simply outside the democratic process. When dramatic things happen —
a coup d'etat topples a civilian government, a foreign envoy gets killed,
an opposition party is put behind bars — whisperers in coffee houses can nod to each other about the hidden forces pulling the strings.
Today's WorldView
What's most important from where the world meets Washington
It's just the second week of the Trump presidency, but it's time to think about the "deep state" in America.
It's not far-fetched to suggest there is a "deep state" in Washington. Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower looked at the nexus of the Pentagon and arms manufacturers and
coined the phrase the "military-industrial complex." Today's observers also point to the collusion of corporate interests and D.C. power brokers as the true guiding hand in American politics.
Leftist journalist and transparency advocate Glenn Greenwald defines the deep state as a "constellation of factions" — say, the intelligence community or big banks — that wield power with little to no public accountability.
"It's basically unified establishment power which, though unelected, can control elected officials and exploit their functions for the benefit of their own interests, usually exerting power in the dark," said Greenwald in an email to Today's WorldView.
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The fact the nation's now-departed senior guardian of national security was unmoored by a scandal linked to a conversation picked up on a wire offers a rare insight into
how exactly America's vaunted Deep State works. It is a story not about rogue intelligence agencies running amok outside the law, but rather about the vast domestic power they have managed to acquire within it.
http://truepundit.com/video-discussion-of-deep-state-erupts-on-fox-business/
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The concept, describing an irreplaceable bureaucracy of professionals and specialists operating beneath public democratic institutions, is well-known in academia but relatively infrequently discussed in popular media. Recent suggestions of extrajudicial involvement by the intelligence community in bringing about the dismissal of former National Security Adviser General Michael Flynn has brought the idea to new prominence.
“The Deep State is not just in the area of security and intelligence, it’s throughout the bureaucracy and right across the board,” explained author and Fox News contributor Steve Hilton. “In all areas of policy, Trump, quite rightly, is going to challenge the thinking of the last few decades.”
Worried by the Flynn affair, Hilton warned that this “Deep State” would continue to resist President Trump’s agenda. “I think we can expect more of this from different bits of the government and he’s got to fight back hard.”
Judge Andrew Napolitano, another panelist, echoed Hilton’s concerns. “I mean
the Deep State, it’s not just intelligence, it’s banking, it’s law enforcement, it’s the administrative agencies…It’s the below the radar service of the government that never changes no matter which party runs the White House,” he said, “…The laws have been written to keep them in power.”
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