Why hasn’t the CIA been abolished? Someone wrote to me what is a common response, which may be partly in jest: “Because when someone tries they end up dead.” We need a more nuanced understanding if we are to fight an institution like the CIA. There is a fear factor as Schumer made known, but it’s not of being bumped off. The CIA is a formidable opponent in other ways, as the FBI was with the secret files of Hoover. The threat is through information and blackmail, by knowing where the skeletons in the closets are. However, no matter, there … Continue reading The Government is Like a Colony of Ants