This is what you vote in vain for . . . According to Snowden, intelligence services have “feared up” every president since John F. Kennedy.
“These guys are basically saying, ‘If you don’t do X, Y, and Z, this is going to fall on your lap,’ and the implication, which I don’t think they say but every president knows, is these guys can undermine you to death,” Snowden explained, noting that they “can put out stories which are gonna be problematic” for a president.
He also laughed off the notorious ‘deep state’ and poked fun at the numerous conspiracy theories of “some conspiracy of lizard people” explaining that the truth is much simpler.
“Deep state is simply the career government. It’s the people who are in the same offices, who outlive and outlast presidencies. They’ve seen Republicans, they’ve seen Democrats, they don’t really care, and they give that same briefing again and again, and they get good at it,” Snowden elaborated, noting that career bureaucrats will be after each president to “follow up with their asks, which are really demands.” [iranian.com]