Says Newt Gingrich. Political scientists and foreign policy experts use the term deep state to describe individuals and institutions who exercise power independent of—and sometimes over—civilian political leaders. J. Edgar Hoover and his FBI. Academics describe a dual-state system in the United States, the focus of Tufts University international law professor Michael J. Glennon’s 2014 book, National Security and Double Government. Glennon observed Obama had campaigned against Bush-era surveillance and security policies in 2008 but used many of them as president.
Hillary Clinton voters might delight in the classified material gushing forth about the president’s men—but its release can be criminal.
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