| I am a strong supporter of the intelligence community when it is focused on its correct mission of nation-state hostiles, real terrorists like Bin Ladin & international/federal criminals, but I think the government overstepped the line in multiple ways that favored partisan political campaigns and certain parties. Though I believe firmly that these institutions are vital to our success as a nation, I also think they can be internally weaponized against specific groups, and that is going on currently. It is pretty clear that these are Hatch Act violations which is about preventing your tax dollars being put to use as a part of partisan political campaigns, which is what happened. Civilian "unempowered" agencies fall under the Less Restricted Hatch Act category, and certain Agencies like the IC, fall under a more stringent part of this, the Further Restricted category, see [1] Some of these IC members in the Further Restricted Category were prompting BigTech censorship, or, running defense for the "Laptop from Hell" story, similar to some of the things they did back in the 60s when they were involved with unlawful activities regarding Civil Rights and Civil Liberties campaigns. I'd argue in favor of: (1) Strengthening the Hatch Act (2) Handling Constitutional violations by the IC under the Hatch Act (3) Prosecutions of the Hatch Act under existing Law (4) Clearance revocations (5) Removal of Section 230 protections for BigTech when acting as an agent of govt censorship (6) Budget cuts / Budget reformations for some select Federal Agencies, FBI being foremost (7) Forced retirement / exit from federal service of those involved in these behaviors. (8) Debarring of contractors involved in some of these heinious activities (9) Strengthening Federal Acquisition Regulation (10) Diffusion of Federal Agencies HQs throughout the United States to prevent centralization in overly partisan areas (11) Applying Diversity & Inclusion to political parties and other important characteristics of job seekers (12) Adding restrictions or longer "Cooling Off Periods" for the revolving doors between IC, Congress, BigTech, Lobbyists, and the Consultant Class. [1] https://osc.gov/Services/Pages/HatchAct-Federal.aspx |