Eps 2: The Secret Life Of Government
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Adrian Bailey
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DeFazio didn't want to find out who the government employees were, he wanted to point the finger at Republicans. Watching Director Jarvis get caught in a half-truth and give an arrogant answer, and liberal members of Congress distract the purpose of the hearing, it occurred to me that the American public spends so much time blaming Congress and overlooking the responsibilities of government employees. In government these days, I would rather not feel guilty about reporting what we don't know.
Leftists like Cummings and DeFazio are so desperate for power that they want to ignore the many cases of taxpayers being fleeced, they just want power.
If I could write a book about big government's inefficiency, I would read it before writing about a scandal in particular.
I was fortunate enough to read the reports that an eager - J. Edgar Hoover, please - had collected and delivered to the White House. While the FBI was a personal secret, the president's staff was allowed to review the results of the background checks without collusion. Moreover, intelligence agencies such as the CIA and NSA have regularly provided the White House and senior diplomats with information about the activities of foreign governments and their leaders.
WikiLeaks, for example, has published US diplomatic cables that suggest the existence of secret presidential national security orders, such as PPD 29. As it is, the PPD 29 is a collection of "secret" presidential "national security" orders dating back decades, and dozens at that.
Together, these documents cover a wide range of issues, from national security to foreign policy to internal security. The president calls them something else, but they're all the same: "National security orders.
In addition, they instruct the Secret Service to protect certain members of the Cabinet - officials at the Department of Homeland Security and Treasury, and certain members of Congress - including those often considered critical to national security, such as the vice president, the attorney general, and even the president himself. We have no idea what these documents are about, but we know from the titles that they are apparently the most secretive directives. While some are released after signing and released relatively quickly, dozens remain secret.
The Secret Service currently provides 40 people with full-time protection and provides temporary protection to nearly 200. The Diplomatic Security Service also has a high-profile personal protection function at the Foreign Ministry, which is highlighted when the Foreign Minister travels abroad. The D SS also runs a special protection programme for foreign dignitaries and diplomats, which is highlighted at the United Nations General Assembly. It also has access to information about what is happening at the US Embassy in New York City and other embassies and consulates around the world.
Hoover's near-unchecked power was made possible by the wiretapping authorized by Roosevelt at the start of World War II, and the FBI's files facilitate the investigation into the assassinations of President George W. Bush and President Ronald Reagan. Reagan was an early informant who paid a federal agent a dime deep in California. Hoover had a happy break in his history, with the election of George H.W. Clinton to strengthen his control, but he had to secure some happy breaks.
Hoover's gift was a gift to Hoover in the form of a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice and $2 million from Congress.
You answered a questionnaire in search of employment and were found unfit for federal employment because you did not disclose activities that, if properly published, may not constitute an obstacle to employment. The investigation was conducted on the basis of this form, and the dishonesty of the form was a significant factor in your being classified as "unfit" for federal employment, according to the report.
Remember that simply waiting a year after applying will not solve the problem, because government is just as much a part of your life as any other job.
The point of the law and procedure is to transfer power to the president, and the public may not know until it is revealed in a crisis. The president receives what is known as "Q-Clearance" information from a briefcase carried by military advisers close to him, containing the nation's nuclear war plans. Q - Releases and information that they don't even know they have because the whole thing is secret. Our spy and satellite capabilities are far more advanced than we are, because the people who know about this technology are much more sophisticated than our public perceives.