Re: Senator Daniel Inouye on the shadow government

Senator Daniel K. Inouye in 1987 Chaired the Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition, which held public hearings on the Iran-Contra affair.

Senator Inouye, summarizes here the coverup of the US Shadowy Government involvement; by saying:

"There exists a shadowy Government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of the national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself."

For more context and perspective, please check the PBS documentary by Bill Moyers "The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crises", which was broadcast in 1987; the full documentary could be watched on Google Video.

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[Kemics101]

If you google the quote, the NY Times ran the transcript in full. It is taken totally out of context. Quite funny how cters use it to support an idea it has nothing to do with

[bassim3d]

As mentioned before: for more context and perspective, please check the PBS documentary by Bill Moyers "The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crises", which was broadcast in 1987; the full documentary could be watched on Google Video.

[blastingcaps]

yeah thanks for sharing that out of context open air quote. awesome.

[bassim3d]

There is a brief explanation under the 'About This Video' section in this page.

For more context and perspective, check the PBS documentary "The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crises", which was broadcast in 1987; the full documentary could be watched on Google Video.

[0ranutan]

"There exists a shadowy government with its own Air Force, its own Navy,its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself."

— Senator Daniel K. Inouye at the Iran Contra Hearings (1987)

[asperin]

More like the current US gov.

[JakeBlakeProject]

The Black Budget and the Wizards of War ...

[Corey Olm]

oh shit now the government knows that I know. see you guys in the underwater prison when the reptiles take over!

[Ecurrie84]

Out of context how exactly, because he was talking about what was going on with Iran???

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[TheKemics]

Powerful JRE! I've just finished the Eddie Huang episode so 331 is next on the list :). I meant by "out of context" that he's issuing the statement as a prophetic warning, not as a statement of something that exists.

[ridebananas]

Really? Can you show me somewhere to read about this? thanks