FISA
is an abomination. Let’s get that out of the way. And since I don’t believe
there are any coincidences in U.S. or geo-politics, the releasing of the
explosive four-page FISA memo after Congress
reauthorized FISA is suspicious.
Former NSA analyst (traitor? hero?) turned security state gadfly
Edward Snowden came out in favor of President Trump vetoing the FISA
reauthorization now that the full extent of what the statute is used for is
known to members of the House Intelligence Committee, who are rightly aghast.
Officials confirm there’s a secret report showing abuses
of spy law Congress voted to reauthorize this week. If this memo had been known
prior to the vote, FISA reauth would have failed. These abuses must be made
public, and @realDonaldTrump should send the bill
back with a veto. https://t.co/BEwJ9EyIq0
—
Edward Snowden (@Snowden) January 19, 2018
But, like I said, timing in these things is everything. And the
timing on this leak is important.
Someone leaked this memo to the House Intelligence Committee
with the sole intention of giving President Trump the opportunity to do exactly
what Snowden is arguing for.
And well Trump should. This is the essence of draining the
swamp. It is the essence of his war with the Shadow Government. If
one makes the distinction between the Deep State and the Shadow Government, like former CIA officer Kevin Shipp does, then
this falls right in line with Trump’s goals in cleaning up the rot and
corruption in the U.S. government. In a recent interview with Greg Hunter
at USAWatchdog.com,
Shipp
explains, “I differentiate between the ‘Deep State’ and the shadow
government. The
shadow government are the secret intelligence agencies that have such power and
secrecy that they act even without the knowledge of Congress. There
are many things that they do with impunity. Then there is the ‘Deep State,’
which is the military industrial complex, all of the industrial corporations
and their lobbyists, and they have all the money, power and greed that give all
the money to the Senators and Congressmen. So, they are connected, but they are
really two different entities. It
is the shadow government . . . specifically, the CIA, that is going after
Donald Trump. It is terrified that some of its dealings are
going to be exposed. If they are, it could jeopardize the entire
organization.” [emphasis
mine]
Court the Military Against the Spooks
And as I’ve talked about at length, I’ve felt from the moment
Trump was elected he was going to have to ally himself with the U.S. military
to have any chance of surviving, let alone achieve his political goals.
Trump’s final campaign ad was a clarion call to action. It
was a declaration of war against both the Shadow Government and the Deep
State. And it ensured that if he won, which he did, they would
immediately go to war with him.
And you don’t declare war like this if you aren’t prepared for
the biggest knock-down, drag-out street brawl of all time. If you aren’t
prepared for it, don’t say it. And for the past year we’ve been left
wondering whether Trump was 1) prepared for it 2) capable of pulling it off.
Trump’s continued needling of the establishment; playing the
long game and demonizing the media which is the tip of the Shadow Government’s
spear while strengthening the support of both the military (through his backing
them at every turn) and his base by assisting them destroy the false narratives
of globalism has been nothing short of amazing.
As a hard-core, jaded politico, I can tell you I never thought
for a second he had the ability to what he’s already done. But, as the
past few months have pointed out, the real power in the world doesn’t rest with
the few thousand who manipulate the levers of power but the billions who for
years stood by and let them.
And those days of standing by are gone.
So, Trump cozying up to the military, cutting a deal with the
military-industrial complex (MIC) has the Deep State now incentivized to fight
the Shadow Government for him. The tax cut bill, while a brilliant
example of political knife-fighting, is fundamentally about shoring up the
finances of the corporations that make up the MIC through the repatriation of
foreign-earned income, lowering the corporate tax rate and stealing even more
of the middle class back from the Democrats.
Trump had the right strategy from the beginning. Civil
Wars turn on what the police and the military do. They are instigated by
and fanned by the spooks, but it is the soldiers and the cops who decide the
outcome.
And so here we are.
FISA, It’s Everywhere You Don’t Want it to Be
Trump has called the Democrats’ and RINOs’ bluff on DACA and
chain-immigration as a vote-buying scheme with zero political fallout.
He’s properly reframed the looming government shutdown on their inability to
stick to their original agreements.
His much-maligned Justice Department is now rolling up traitors
associated with Uranium One, pedophiles and human traffickers all over the
country and preparing for a showdown with blue state governors and attorney
generals over “Sanctuary” grandstanding.
By leading the charge, he gave strength to the patriots within
both the Shadow Government and the Deep State organizations to leak the
material needed to keep his campaign afloat.
And as each new thing drops at the most inopportune time for the
political establishment mentioned ad nauseum in that final campaign ad linked
above, you have to wonder just how big the revolt inside these organizations
is.
Because, right here, right now, Trump can demand the release of
this FISA memo and use it to torpedo the very thing that allowed the entire “Russia Hacked Muh Election”
nonsense and send it back to the sh$&hole it
was spawned from in the first place, the CIA and the DNC.
And if that means for a few months the FISA courts are
inoperable while a new bill and a new set of rules is drafted so be it.
Reprinted from TomLuongo.me.