CIA

The CIA was founded in 1947 to gather information about the cold war. As time passed it drifted away from legal activities to illegal. The situation came to a head in 1974 when the Church committee uncovered the abuses regarding intelligence activities. The White House fought to withhold information from the committee to limit their ability to investigate but in the final analysis the CIA, FBI, IRS and National Security Agency all had their wings clipped. Then along came 9/11 and everything changed overnight. These government agencies who are responsible for intelligence gathering became much more. They began to take on many project beyond intelligence work. The CIA became a private army for the president. They have $50 billion dollar budget and use military equipment to carry out their assignments. They have overseas interrogation sites where torture is allowed. Many politicians are aware of these illegal activities but are afraid to expose the perpetrators. These government agencies have accumulated volumes on the personal activities of various congressmen who are now under the control of the CIA and FBI. In today's world these undercover activities include infiltrating social media companies and using the same secret information to influence how these companies operate. It wasn't only Jeffrey Epstein who understood the power of blackmail.