[FOX] Former National Security Adviser Gen. Michael Flynn [Ret.] joined Fox Nation's "Tucker Carlson Today" to discuss the power and autonomy of the Deep State, and how in the time since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, the government's attempts to better secure the U.S. essentially led to a spike in resources for such an apparatus.Moving down to the bottom line, and what we have been saying here at the Burg for many years.
Flynn added that the DIA, NSA, CIA and other agencies fall under the Director of National Intelligence's purview, noting that official is a political appointee – most recently former Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas and Sen. Daniel Coats, R-Ind., under Trump, Avril Haines under President Biden, and current CNN analyst James Clapper under President Obama.
"These are big structures. And they're unwieldy," he said, adding that their behavior can be influenced by the White House's or their own political views:
"When you're talking about the extraordinary, extraordinary amounts of money that flow through Congress and flow into these intelligence agencies and the activities that they do around the world – so the-- big picture, the CIA is supposed to be international, FBI is a big organization, is supposed to be domestic, and taking care of all of those things. And they're supposed to cooperate on different aspects of what's happening, you know, from overseas to domestic issues."
That proverbial line has now been "blurred" and more, Flynn said.