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Re:Why it’s so hard to keep up with how the U.S. gov't is sp... by cryoshon on Monday November 23, 2015 @11:42AM (#10615506)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite#Power_.C3.A9lites

It's been a lot longer than just recent days that surveillance agencies have had their top members inside of the power elite. J. Edgar Hoover ran the country for quite some time without any real democratic process to stop him.

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Re:Why it’s so hard to keep up with how the U.S. gov't is sp... by jxm262 on Monday November 23, 2015 @12:51PM (#10615951)
Thanks, this wiki article is actually pretty interesting. I'm looking through their numbers, and while I don't doubt them, I wonder if there's any more reference information (books, etc.) that corroborate this data.
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