After more than a decade of the FBI and the alphabet agencies routinely using illegal intel on Americans to control us, I wondered what it would be like to put a stop to it.\u00a0 So, this is a thought experiment because, let\u2019s face it, what we\u2019re talking about is as theoretical as contemplating faster than light space travel.<\/p>\n
First off, who could do it?\u00a0 We saw Donald Trump successfully stopped in his attempts to even install a functioning attorney general.\u00a0 Twice!\u00a0 So, I guess the first question is would a president on his own be able to clean out the intelligence agencies?\u00a0 Would he need supermajorities in the Congress and a friendly Supreme Court?<\/p>\n
Actually, I don\u2019t think he would.\u00a0 What he would need is the military on his side.\u00a0 Because I think the only thing that could bring these agencies to heel is the threat of military force.\u00a0 If the FBI saw a brigade of US soldiers backed up by a tank or two, I think they\u2019d stand down.<\/p>\n
And that is what I\u2019d suggest is the way to do it.\u00a0 My guess at a plan is to announce to the country that I am demanding the resignation of the top three tiers of organization of the Justice Department, the FBI, the CIA, the NSA and the rest of the intel agencies and I would warn them that if they didn\u2019t comply within a day, they would be escorted out by armed troops.<\/p>\n
Then I would appoint some interim personnel to dig down and eliminate anyone who wouldn\u2019t immediately cooperate with the new authority being established.\u00a0 Following that I\u2019d find any existing personnel who would be willing to provide information on the \u201cResistance.\u201d\u00a0 And I would quickly move onto prosecuting the people responsible for the heinous events of the last few years.<\/p>\n
After that I\u2019d say the priority would be to pull the teeth of the beast.\u00a0 The Patriot Act needs to be declared unconstitutional and the intelligence apparatus needs to learn again that American citizens actually have the freedoms enumerated in the Bill of Rights including the ones having to do with unlawful search.<\/p>\n
By the way, I\u2019m fully aware that the people who run these agencies will us every means within their control to destroy the people attempting to bring them down.\u00a0 Threats and leaks of embarrassing or criminal conduct are sure to be used.\u00a0 I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if assassination were to be used.\u00a0 After all the CIA specializes in that sort of thing.<\/p>\n
What kind of a man would have the wherewithal to implement such an action?\u00a0 First of all, he would need a team.\u00a0 Whoever is selected to be the attorney general must be willing to stand up against the threats and coercion that will be thrown at him.\u00a0 It\u2019s obvious that Trump\u2019s first attorney general Jeff Sessions was cowed by pressure that was brought to bear against him.\u00a0 My guess is that they had embarrassing or criminal evidence against him and used it to force him to give up control of the Justice Department to the office holders that Obama had in place.<\/p>\n
He\u2019ll also need IT resources to investigate the tangled and troubling data collection capabilities that the agencies and the tech companies have assembled.\u00a0 That will be a monumental job.<\/p>\n
And finally, it will require taking back control of the borders and identifying all the illegal aliens residing in the country.\u00a0 These individuals are the real threat to our security.\u00a0 If a terrorist threat appears that is where it will come from.\u00a0 The FBI and CIA should be concentrating on non-citizens and using the high-tech gadgetry they possess to preventing the next Sept. 11 attack coming from foreign agents, not spying on innocent Americans whose only sin is not being Democrats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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