Members of Congress Denied Access to Basic Information About NSA

[William deB. Mills]

28. Congressional Whistleblowers?!?

Are you telling me that Congressmen are now blowing whistles?

This cannot happen. One of the most precious and darkest secrets of our great...ah...democracy is that Congress is clueless. Congressmen almost always vote for whatever the Imperial Presidency desires, because it is the Imperial Presidency that has the power (well, so long as Wall St. does not get hot about the issue). Congressmen obviously must convince voters they know what they are doing and the Imperial Presidency must convince Congressmen that they are part of the team. Delusion on this point is central to keeping the game going.

The instant Congressmen face up to how they are being played by the military-intelligence-Imperial Presidency gang that wants to rule the world then democracy will start to break out randomly. The amount of national security and foreign policy nonsense that will start to be questioned within the Government is beyond calculating. Think of the convenient assumptions that are treated as inherent truths in Washington in order to maintain the aggressive foreign policy pushed by the Imperial Presidency: that Islamic activism is always hostile, that US national security must be subordinated to the policy demands of right-wing Israelis, that Iran is a dire threat to world peace, that American democracy is a convenience that may be enjoyed so long and only so long as it does not interfere with making the rules that control the world and enrich the rich.

Just ask yourselves what would happen if Congressmen stopped clicking their heels and accepting every trite and superficial remark made by any military, intel, or White House figure starting with "it is essential for national security that..."