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Chapter 2: The Key Players

government. In his book, The American Deep State:
Wall Street, Big Oil, and the Attack on U.S. Democracy,
last published in 2014, Scott defines the deep state as
“people who have the resources to shape the direction
of the world.”
Mike Lofgren spent twenty-eight years working in
Congress, his last sixteen years as a senior analyst on
the House and Senate Budget Committees. In his book,
The Deep State - the Fall of the Constitution and the
Rise of a Shadow Government he gives an insider’s
explanation of who runs Washington regardless of
which party is in power. People of the Deep State
govern the United States with limited input from the
President, Congress or citizens, therefore, the
overhauling of the civil service must be the cornerstone
to fix a broken government. There is even an acronym
for this united front opposed to President Trump which
says Webehwyg, which means – “We’ll be here when
you’re gone.”

According to Kevin Shipp, a former CIA Officer,
and an anti-terrorism specialist, there is a difference
between the Shadow
Government and the
Deep State. The Shadow People will be willing
Government is on top of to give up their freedom
if they feel threatened
the pyramid, and the
by an external enemy.
Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) is the
central node. Whereas the deep state is made up of
individuals, the shadow government is made up of
agencies, for instance the CIA and the Federal Reserve.
The Deep State and the Shadow Government are two

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