The Deep State (37 page)

big data,
168
–69,
170
–71

and cash nexus,
104
,
270

defense contractors,
104

domestic surveillance,
91
–92

economic warfare,
119
–20

intelligence,
168
–69,
187
–88

and Iraq War,
102
,
191
–93,
217

as maladaptation,
264
–65

and military spending,
92
–95,
100
–102,
103

and negative feedback loops,
144
n

torture,
239

war on terrorism,
105
–6

See also
double-down strategy; “no fault” concept

Deep State personnel,
176
–202

and appearance,
20
–21

and bribery,
153
–54,
189
–90

and bipartisanship,
184
–85,
186

career paths of,
182
–84

characters of,
179
–81,
188

continuity of,
55
–56,
79
,
83
n,
176
–77,
184
–85,
186
–87

and double-down strategy,
251

education of,
180
,
183
,
194

and
House of Cards,
177
–79

incompetence of,
180
–81,
191
–93,
195

mediocrity of,
40

as nomenklatura,
190
–95

psychopathy among,
199
,
201
–2

whistle-blowing by,
42
,
195
–98

See also
revolving door;
specific individuals

defense contractors:

advertising by,
24
–26

and antitrust laws,
273

and cash nexus,
85
,
104

D.C. area relocation by,
22
–23

as Deep State component,
35
–36

foreign influence on,
23
–24

mergers among,
23

and militarization of police,
144
n

and national security policy,
55
,
84
,
85
,
96
,
104
,
239
–40

nonprofit,
224

and privatization,
102
–3,
115

and revolving door,
36
,
55
,
99

and wealthy elites,
14

See also
military-industrial complex;
specific companies

deficits,
115
–16

Democratic Party,
57
,
71
,
72
–73

Department of Defense (DOD),
34
,
50
,
83
–84,
93
–94

See also
military-industrial complex

deregulation,
133
,
164
–65

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (1998),
37

Disney,
274

Djibouti,
95
–96

Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act,
139
,
143
,
233

dollar recycling,
109
–13,
213
,
269

domestic surveillance:

and big data,
32
,
167
–71

and change possibilities,
238
,
245
–46

and executive power,
31
–32

and FISA amendments,
154
–55

ineffectiveness of,
91
–92,
171
–72

and media,
29

and 9/11,
29
,
61
,
245

and “no fault” concept,
61

Obama administration policies,
46
,
81

restrictions on,
51
,
52
,
227
–28,
245
–46,
247
,
271

and revolving door,
183

Silicon Valley's role in,
38
,
39
,
160
,
164
,
165
–67,
172
–73,
246
,
247
,
248

See also
Snowden revelations

dot-com revolution.
See
Silicon Valley

double-down strategy,
250
–59

and culture of conformity,
99

and financial crisis (2008),
2
–3,
138
–39

as maladaptation,
265

and public opinion,
259

and sentimentality,
188
–89

and Syrian civil war,
217
,
254
,
256
–58

and Ukraine crisis,
253
–55

and Wall Street,
251
–52

Drake, Thomas,
170
–71,
175
,
195
–97

Dream Act,
274

drone warfare,
46
,
81
,
121
–22,
147
–49

Durkheim Project,
167

earmarking,
228
–30,
232

economic inequality,
203
–6

in D.C. area,
215
–16

extent of,
4
,
127
,
204
–5

and financial crisis (2008),
127
,
137

and health care policy,
205
–6

and 9/11,
61
–62

and Obama administration policies,
45

and Silicon Valley,
161
,
165

and wars,
114
–16

See also
wealthy elites

economic policy:

of Obama administration,
44
–45,
86

postwar consensus,
52
–53,
58
–59

sequestration,
86
,
227

Wall Street bailout,
134
–37,
182
,
208
–9,
221
–22,
251

Wall Street deregulation,
57
–58,
71
,
77
–78,
118
–19,
181
,
182
,
269

See also
economic inequality; neoliberal corporate consensus; tax policy; Wall Street

economic warfare,
107
,
116
–22

education,
125
–26,
165
,
180
,
183
,
194
,
264

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
38
,
51
,
59
,
132
,
203

elections,
76
–77

See also
cash nexus

eminent domain,
153

employment law,
152

“entitlement reform,”
116

See also
military-domestic trade-offs

environmental issues,
52
,
63
–64,
144
–45

evolution,
261
–62,
264

Executive Office of the President,
34

executive power:

and classification policies,
240
–41

and Congress's abdication of power,
64
,
68
,
72
,
154
–56,
158
–59

and earmarking,
229
–30

and emotional campaign appeals,
76
–77

and financial crisis (2008),
134
–35

and partisan gridlock,
31
–32

and Reagan's passivity,
74
–76

Schlesinger on,
72
–73

and Wall Street,
77
–78

facial recognition programs,
170

failures of Deep State.
See
Deep State incompetence; double-down strategy; “no fault” concept

false intelligence,
60
–61,
82
–83,
92

fear as tactic:

and cold war,
51

and financial crisis (2008),
134
,
135
,
136
–37,
142

and 9/11,
105
–6,
137
–38

and Truman Doctrine,
50

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
164
,
170
,
196
,
248

Federal Reserve Board,
72
,
77
,
136
,
143

federal trial courts,
35

Feinstein, Dianne,
197
,
238
–40,
242

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency),
193

filibuster,
31

See also
partisan gridlock

financial crisis (2008):

and Clinton administration,
78

and critiques of Wall Street,
39

and Deep State development,
43
–44

and double-down strategy,
2
–3,
138
–39

and economic inequality,
127
,
137

and executive power,
134
–35

and fear as tactic,
134
,
135
,
136
–37,
142

and Lehman Brothers,
198
–99

and military spending,
103

“no fault” response,
44
,
47
,
119
,
135
n,
141
,
200

and public opinion,
64

and Tea Party,
222

and unequal justice,
141

Wall Street bailout,
134
–37,
182
,
208
–9,
221
–22,
251

FISA amendments (2008),
154
–55

focus groups,
76

Ford, Gerald,
177

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act,
277

foreign aid,
59
,
64
,
205
,
209
,
216

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA),
52
,
154
–55,
246

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court,
34
–35,
150
n

foreign investment,
129

foreign policy.
See
national security policy

Fort Hood shooting (2014),
167

Fort Hunt, Virginia,
15
–17

foundations,
10
–11,
55
–56,
224

See also
specific foundations

freedom of contract,
152

free-trade deals,
115
,
213
–14

Friedman, Milton,
132
–33

Frolov, Vladimir,
89
–91

Fukuyama, Francis,
42
,
58

Fuld, Richard,
198
–200,
264

Gaddafi, Muammar,
27
,
32
,
112
,
224

Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act (1982),
57

Gates, Robert,
82
–83,
86
,
186
–89,
277

Geithner, Timothy,
86
,
135
,
137
,
182
,
222
,
251
,
252

generals, evolution of and fawning over,
99
–100,
186

See also
military-industrial complex

Georgetown,
12
–13

gerrymandering,
65
,
219
,
231

Gilded Age,
267

See also
economic inequality; wealthy elites

Gingrich, Newt,
1
,
11
,
14
,
66
–67,
70
,
192

Glass-Steagall Act,
57
,
71
,
77
,
131
,
181
,
182
,
269

gold standard,
110
,
268

Goodell, Roger,
224

Google,
163
,
166
,
247
,
249

GOP.
See
Republican Party

Graham, Katherine,
12
–13

Graham, Lindsey,
68
,
69
,
100
,
209
,
257

Grayson, Alan,
66
,
183

Great Depression,
52
–53,
131
,
137

Great Recession.
See
financial crisis (2008)

Greenspan, Alan,
17
–18,
43
,
77

gridlock.
See
partisan gridlock

groupthink,
41
–42,
46

Guantánamo Bay prison,
81
–82

Hamilton, Lee H.,
24
,
105

Hanssen, Robert,
90
–91

Hayek, Friedrich,
54
,
56
–57,
132
,
133
n

health care policy,
53
,
205
–6,
234
,
275
–76

Affordable Care Act,
80
–81,
150
–51,
205
,
209
,
252

Heritage Foundation,
11
,
55
,
56
,
71
,
151
,
190
–91

Holder, Eric,
141
,
142
,
145