From its inception, the CIA carried out assassinations, coups, torture, and illegal spying and abuse, including that of U.S. citizens, activities exposed in 1975 by the Church Committee hearings in the Senate and the Pike Committee hearings in the House. All these crimes, especially after the attacks of 9/11, have returned with a vengeance.
"Three years in, [the Democrats] still haven't understood that it's not business as usual. Right? They’ve had to be pushed every step of the way to show any real resistance to the extent that they have."
On 2 December 2016, the United States Congress voted a law forbidding all military co-operation between Washington and Moscow. In the space of a few years, NATO has re-activated MacCarthyism.
The technology can be used to monitor political and social justice movements, posing risks to First Amendment-protected activity.
