Deep state in the United States

Writers, journalists, political scientists and political activists in the United States have for decades expressed concerns about the existence of a deep state or state within a state, which they suspect secretly controls public policy, regardless of which party controls the country's democratic institutions.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

According to Philip Giraldi, the nexus of power is centered on the military–industrial complex, intelligence community, and Wall Street,[11] while Bill Moyers points to plutocrats and oligarchs.[12] Professor Peter Dale Scott also mentions "big oil" as a key player,[13] while David Talbot focuses on national security officials, especially Allen Dulles.[14] Mike Lofgren, an ex-Washington staffer who has written a book on the issue, includes Silicon Valley, along with "key elements of government" and Wall Street, but emphasizes the non-conspiratorial nature of the "state".[15][16]

Political scientist Michael J. Glennon believes that this trend is the result of policy being made by government bureaucracies instead of by elected officials.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Priest, Dana; Arkin, William M. (2011). Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0316182214. Lay summary – The Quiet Coup: No, Not Egypt. Here. (July 9, 2013).
  2. ↑ Ambinder, Marc; Grady, D.B. (2013). Deep State: Inside the Government Secrecy Industry. Wiley. ISBN 978-1118146682.
  3. ↑ Scott, Peter Dale (March 10, 2014). "The State, the Deep State, and the Wall Street Overworld". The Asia-Pacific Journal. 12 (10, No. 5).
  4. ↑ Michael J. Glennon (2014). "National Security and Double Government" (PDF). Harvard National Security Journal. 5.
  5. ↑ Lofgren, Mike (2016). The Deep State: The Fall of the Constitution and the Rise of a Shadow Government. Viking. ISBN 0525428348. Lay summary – Controlled by shadow government: Mike Lofgren reveals how top U.S. officials are at the mercy of the “deep state” (January 6, 2016).
  6. 1 2 Jordan Michael Smith (October 19, 2014). "Vote all you want. The secret government won't change.". The Boston Globe.
  7. ↑ Anand Giridharadas (September 15, 2015). "Examining Who Runs the United States". New York Times.
  8. ↑ Bob Burnett (March 7, 2014). "The War on Democracy: The Deep State". Huffington Post.
  9. ↑ Geoff Dyer (December 10, 2014). "CIA report is a strike back against America's deep state". The Financial Times.
  10. ↑ Peggy Noonan (October 28, 2013). "The Deep State". The Wall Street Journal.
  11. ↑ Philip Giraldi (July 30, 2015). "Deep State America". The American Conservative.
  12. ↑ Bill Moyers (December 23, 2015). "The Plutocrats Are Winning. Don't Let Them!". The Huffington Post.
  13. ↑ Mickey Huff and Peter Phillip (December 2, 2014). "THE AMERICAN DEEP STATE: An Interview with Peter Dale Scott". Project Censored.
  14. ↑ Liam O'Donoghue (October 15, 2015). ""Every president has been manipulated by national security officials": David Talbot exposes America's "deep state"". Salon.
  15. ↑ "Review of Mike Lofgren's "The Deep State",". Fabius Maximus website. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  16. ↑ ISQUITH, ELIAS; Lofgren, Mike (5 January 2016). "Controlled by shadow government: Mike Lofgren reveals how top U.S. officials are at the mercy of the "deep state"". Salon. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
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