A Government
Against the People
Loyalty to the president is the chief qualification
By Philip Giraldi
April 22, 2020 "Information
Clearing House" -
The 24/7
intensified media coverage of the coronavirus story has
meant that other news has either been ignored or
relegated to the back pages, never to be seen again. The
Middle East has been on a boil but coverage of the Trump
administration’s
latest moves against Iran
has been so insignificant as to be invisible. Meanwhile
closer to home, the declaration by the ubiquitous
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that current president of
Venezuela Nicolas Maduro is a drug trafficker did
generate somewhat of a ripple, as did dispatch of
warships to the Caribbean to intercept the alleged
drugs, but that story also died.
Of more interest perhaps is
the tale of the continued purge of government officials,
referred to as “draining the swamp,” by President Donald
Trump as it could conceivably have long-term impact on
how policy is shaped in Washington. Prior to the virus
partial lockdown, some of the impending
shakeup within the intelligence community (IC)
and Pentagon were commented on in the media, but
developments since that time have been less reported,
even when several inspectors-general were removed.
To be sure, Trump has good reason
to hate the intelligence and national security
community, which utterly rejected his candidacy and
plotted to destroy both his campaign and, even after he
was elected, his presidency. Whether one argues that
what took place was due to a “Deep state” or
Establishment conspiracy or rather just based on
personal ambition by key players, the reality was that a
number of top officials seem to have forgotten the oaths
they swore to the constitution when it came to Donald
Trump.