CIA has been secretly collecting information on US citizens for decades

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been running a secret program collecting information on US citizens for decades. The program was not known about by the US courts or Congress, the two branches of government responsible for oversight of the surveillance activity of the agency.

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I highly doubt that says Robert Parry from his grave.

The timeframe of four decades is significant in that it corresponds to the turn by the ruling elite to open class war policies driven by the decline of the US as an economic and industrial power. Beginning with the Reagan administration, the attacks on the living standards of the working class were accompanied by a resumption of militarism abroad and a growing assault on democratic rights at home. It is no accident that Executive Order 12333 was passed just four months after Reagan fired the PATCO air traffic controllers who went on strike on August 5, 1981.

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Well, Robert Parry was warning us about this since at least the late 90's. If you dig into the archives of Consortium News going back into that period it's well documented where he exposes Reagan's perception management campaign. His administration under control of the ruling class setting the agenda. This is simply another case of chess and checkers being played out here on the citizenship. They knew then that their capitalist system was in dire straights as they were resorting to what became failed trade deals for a life support system. A system with a cat like 9 lives. When they couldn't manage to intervene and change the Chinese and their CCP structure resuscitation has become a constant measure at the expense of our societies globally.