https://nypost.com/2021/05/18/pentagon-reportedly-running-secret-global-army-of-60000/
"The top-secret army was created by the Pentagon over the past 10 years as part of a program called “signature reduction,” and operates both domestically and internationally using a low-profile force of clandestine warriors who sometimes wear civilian clothes as they carry out their assignments, Newsweek reported.
The force is 10 times the size of the covert elements of the CIA, comes with a cost of more than $900 million, and engages about 130 private companies in operations in locales like the Middle East and Africa, the report said.
Despite the undercover army’s size and budget, Congress has never held a hearing on it."
Who wants to bet that these guys are the ones running the election audits in this movie we're watching?
The idea of a secret military force frankly chills my blood. It calls to mind the Stasi, KGB, etc. A secret force with lawful domestic authority and unanswerable to civil authority. This should trouble all of us.
I think that's all a part of the dangerous game being played. It's all mountains of deception and a web of power.
It poses some interesting questions for the future. If we can eliminate the corrupt chunk of our government, can all secret forces and intelligence services go away? What intelligence is necessary? How to deal with foreign adversaries? and much much more.
How can we EVER restore even the slightest trust in anything once all is said and done? How would we EVER know if they dismantle?
I think regardless a good place to start for restoring things in a better way is just electing people we know and trust, instead of people that can be bought. It won't be perfect; people can be "replaced" invisibly using sophisticated actors, prosthetics, etc.; people can be threatened with violence. So much more.
The problem is that government needs transparency; something that is impossible when the capacity for deception is so enormous.
I think we need to tremendously shrink the federal government. There is NO way to maintain trust in such a large institution; there may, however, be a chance to do so in state and local governments. And even if those are corrupted, the repercussions aren't as large.
We have the fbi for that