The Deep State Goes to War with Trump, Using Unverified Claims, as Democrats Cheer

By Glenn Greenwald

Source: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46211.htm

January 12, 2017 "Information Clearing House" - "The Intercept" -  In January, 1961, Dwight Eisenhower delivered his farewell address after serving two terms as U.S. president; the five-star general chose to warn Americans of this specific threat to democracy: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.” That warning was issued prior to the decadelong escalation of the Vietnam War, three more decades of Cold War mania, and the post-9/11 era, all of which radically expanded that unelected faction’s power even further.