Operation Northwoods was a proposed operation against the Cuban government, that originated within the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) of the United States government in 1962. The proposals called for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or other US government operatives to commit acts of terrorism against American civilians and military targets, blaming it on the Cuban government, and using it to justify a war against Cuba. The proposals were rejected by the Kennedy administration.[SUP][2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods
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The actual story that matters is not hard to see: the NSA is attempting to collect, monitor and store all forms of human communication
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jul/15/crux-nsa-collect-it-all
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Study: US is an oligarchy, not a democracy
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http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9354310
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods
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The actual story that matters is not hard to see: the NSA is attempting to collect, monitor and store all forms of human communication
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jul/15/crux-nsa-collect-it-all
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Study: US is an oligarchy, not a democracy
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"American democracy is a sham, no matter how much it's pumped by the oligarchs who run the country (and who control the nation's "news" media)," he writes. "The US, in other words, is basically similar to Russia or most other dubious 'electoral' 'democratic' countries. We weren't formerly, but we clearly are now."
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Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organised groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on US government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence.
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9354310