Sputnik — Secret Surveillance Gives CIA Power to Subvert US Domestic Political Process

Summary:
Many Americans still believed that the CIA was prohibited by law from operating within its own country, but that had not been the case in at least 36 years since President Ronald Reagan signed Executive Order 12333 in December 1981, Blunden recalled. "It's a common misconception that the CIA is prohibited from launching domestic campaigns within the United States. One look at the General Provisions detailed in Executive Order 12333 demonstrates that this is not the case," he said.  Potential for abuse? Obama had reiterated his full personal confidence in Brennan even after it was discovered that the CIA had spied on the US Senate Intelligence Committee, Blunden commented. Not to mention NSA chief James Clapper lying to Congress and getting caught.Sputnik InternationalSecret Surveillance

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Mike Norman considers the following as important: CIA, covert operations, domestic surveillance, intelligence politicization, NSA

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