The unveiling of the national security state
by Richard M. Dolan
Phenomena Magazine
07/14/04
We have had a quiet revolution that has not eliminated our Congressional representatives -- it's simply made them largely irrelevant. It's been a long journey to our current state of affairs. Not surprisingly, wars have been a major catalyst. Most wars fought by the United States have added power to the executive branch, while whittling power away from the legislature. ... I would select World War Two -- and its immediate aftermath -- as the real turning point when the American Dream went awry. This is ironic, since it was at that moment when America first sat atop the world at the pinnacle of power. And therein lies the problem. For this was when the American republic began its transformation into a national security state. Or, to put it another way, into an Empire...
http://tinyurl.com/42rla
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Phenomena Magazine
07/14/04
We have had a quiet revolution that has not eliminated our Congressional representatives -- it's simply made them largely irrelevant. It's been a long journey to our current state of affairs. Not surprisingly, wars have been a major catalyst. Most wars fought by the United States have added power to the executive branch, while whittling power away from the legislature. ... I would select World War Two -- and its immediate aftermath -- as the real turning point when the American Dream went awry. This is ironic, since it was at that moment when America first sat atop the world at the pinnacle of power. And therein lies the problem. For this was when the American republic began its transformation into a national security state. Or, to put it another way, into an Empire...
http://tinyurl.com/42rla
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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