: I agree. Unconstitutional agencys of the US fedral government should be dismanteled immediatly. The reason I mentioned the National Security State deserved perhaps a little more elaboration, to keep my discussion of government agencies on topic. The whole point of mentioning the CIA etc. was to illustrate how elite activity could help foster public political apathy in the United States. Since democracy requires an informed citizenry, the National Security State's vast secret-keeping apparatus interferes with the public's right to know, and thus the possibility of public oversight in the operations of the CIA etc. is nullified. The public can't act on what it doesn't know and is furthermore powerless to affect. So as a result, what passes for public opinion about the CIA, the NSA etc. is generally only allowed to be "conspiracy theory," all of it "plausibly deniable" by powerful folks with security clearances.
:I would like to add the following to the agencies you listed: EPA, BATF, NEA, HUD, and the "tax-court system".
These agencies, as far as I know, do NOT keep huge quantities of classified information, are in fact publically accountable, and Bednarz's attitude toward them serves as a small amount of evidence that their activities don't in fact foster public apathy.
