The American Deep State: Wall Street, Big Oil, and the Attack on U.S. Democracy (War and Peace Library)

This provocative book makes a compelling case for a hidden “deep state” that influences and often opposes official U.S. policies. Prominent political analyst Peter Dale Scott begins by tracing America’s increasing militarization, restrictions on constitutional rights, and income disparity since the Vietnam War. He argues that a significant role in this historic reversal was the intervention of a series of structural deep events, ranging from the assassination of President Kennedy to 9/11. He does not attempt to resolve the controversies surrounding these events, but he shows their significant points in common, ranging from overlapping personnel and modes of operation to shared sources of funding. Behind all of these commonalities is what Scott calls the deep state: a second order of government, behind the public or constitutional state, that has grown considerably stronger since World War II. He marshals convincing evidence that the deep state is partly institutionalized in non-accountable intelligence agencies like the CIA and NSA, but it also includes private corporations like Booz Allen Hamilton and SAIC, to which 70 percent of intelligence budgets are outsourced. Behind these public and private institutions is the traditional influence of Wall Street bankers and lawyers, allied with international oil companies beyond the reach of domestic law. With the importance of Gulf states like Saudi Arabia to oil markets, American defense companies, and Wall Street itself, this essential book shows that there is now a supranational deep state, sometimes demonstrably opposed to both White House policies and the American public interest. This provocative book makes a compelling case for a hidden “deep state” that influences and often opposes official U.S. policies. Prominent political analyst Peter Dale Scott begins by tracing America's increasing militarization, restrictions on constitutional rights, and income disparity since the Vietnam War. He argues that a significant role in this historic reversal was the intervention of a series of structural deep events, ranging from the assassination of President Kennedy to 9/11. He does not attempt to resolve the controversies surrounding these events, but he shows their significant points in common, ranging from overlapping personnel and modes of operation to shared sources of funding. Behind all of these commonalities is what Scott calls the deep state: a second order of government, behind the public or constitutional state, that has grown considerably stronger since World War II. He marshals convincing evidence that the deep state is partly institutionalized in non-accountable intelligence agencies like the CIA and NSA, but it also includes private corporations like Booz Allen Hamilton and SAIC, to which 70 percent of intelligence budgets are outsourced. Behind these public and private institutions is the traditional influence of Wall Street bankers and lawyers, allied with international oil companies beyond the reach of domestic law. With the increasing importance of Gulf states like Saudi Arabia to oil markets, American defense companies, and Wall Street itself, this essential book shows that there is now a supranational deep state, sometimes demonstrably opposed to official American policies and public interest. Scott Marshals Convincing Evidence For An American Deep State, Institutionalized In Non-accountable Intelligence Agencies And Private Corporations. When The Influence Of Wall Street And International Oil Are Added, The Author Argues That These Powerful Interests Form A Supranational State, Repeatedly At Odds With U.s. Policies And Interests. 1 The Doomsday Project, Deep Events, And The Shrinking Of American Democracy 1 -- 2 The Deep State, The Wall Street Overworld, And Big Oil 11 -- 3 The Doomsday Project: How Cog On 9/11 Subordinated The U.s. Constitution 31 -- 4 The Falsified War On Terror: The Deep History Of U.s. Protection For Al-qaeda Terrorist Ali Mohamed 43 -- 5 The Falsified War On Terror Ii: How The Deep State Has Protected Gulf Arab States Rather Than The American People 57 -- 6 Deep State Uses And Protection Of Al-qaeda Terrorists 67 -- 7 The U.s. Terror War: The Cia, 9/11, Afghanistan, And Central Asia 81 -- 8 Deep Power Takes Its Toll On U.s. Presidents, 1961-1980 101 -- 9 The Doomsday Project And Deep Events: Jfk, Watergate, Iran-contra, And 9/11 109 -- 10 The American Deep State, Deep Events, And Off-the-books Financing 121 -- 11 America's Unchecked Security State: The Continuity Of Cog Planning, 1936-2001 135 -- 12 America's Unchecked Security State And Lawlessness 151 -- 13 Why Americans Must End America's Self-generating Wars 167. Peter Dale Scott. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.