The Deep State (39 page)

and generals,
99
,
100
,
186

and Iraq War,
47
,
180
,
195
,
264

and 9/11,
44
,
169

no-fly lists,
168

nonprofit organizations,
223
–24

North Korea,
91
,
117
,
119

NSC-68,
50

nuclear weapons,
49
,
68
–69,
84
–85,
263

Nuland, Victoria,
184
–85,
194
–95

Nye, Gerald,
130

Obama, Barack:

and big data,
247

on cash nexus,
63

and classification policies,
241

and Deep State as result of evolution,
33
–34

and Deep State continuity,
34
,
44
–47,
80
–81,
86
–88,
222
,
257

and Deep State personnel as nomenklatura,
193
–94,
195

and FISA amendments,
154
–55

health care policy,
80
–81,
150
–51,
205
,
209
,
252

on incarceration rate,
146

and partisan gridlock,
86
,
228

and personnel continuity,
177
,
184
–85,
186
–87

and political polarization,
150
–51,
233

and Reagan,
74

and U.S.-Saudi relations,
113

and Wall Street,
87
,
139
,
221
,
222
,
256

See also
Obama administration's national security policy

Obama administration's national security policy,
68
–69,
81
–86

Afghanistan surge,
81
,
82
–83,
186
,
188
,
189
,
217

Afghanistan withdrawal,
94

AFRICOM,
95
–98

Brennan on,
87
–88

and Cuba sanctions,
121

and Deep State continuity,
45
–46

and double-down strategy,
253
,
256
–58

drone warfare,
81
,
121
–22,
147
–49

on Guantánamo Bay prison,
81
–82

Iraq withdrawal,
45
,
94
,
155

and isolationism argument,
213

military spending,
45

nuclear policy,
84
–85

Obama's ambivalence on,
85
–86

and partisan gridlock,
31
–32,
68
–69

and personnel continuity,
186
–87

Pivot to Asia,
83
–84

and political polarization,
81
,
158

on Syrian civil war,
32
,
85
,
208
,
237
–38,
256
–58

and torture,
240
,
242
–43

on Ukraine crisis,
84
,
85
,
254

U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiations,
68
–69,
263

oil,
96
–97,
109
,
111
–12,
272

Packer, George,
161
,
266

Pakistan,
81
,
258

Palantir,
164

Palin, Sarah,
52
,
219
,
263

Panopticon,
38
n

See also
domestic surveillance

partisan gridlock,
1
,
30
–32,
68
–69,
86
,
226
–28,
267

Party Is Over, The
(Lofgren),
3

Paul, Rand,
31
,
69
,
146
,
213

Paulson, Henry (Hank),
134
,
135
,
136
–37,
182
,
199
,
251

payroll taxes,
126
–27

Pentagon.
See
military-industrial complex

Pentagon Papers,
51
–52

Perry, Rick,
261

Persian Gulf War (1991),
42
,
61
,
156

Petraeus, David,
82
–83,
100
,
182
–83,
197
,
198

Pets.com,
161
–62

Pivot to Asia,
83
–84

Plaza Accord (1985),
60

police, militarization of,
143
–44

political polarization,
11
,
17
,
73
,
81
,
150
–51,
158
,
233

See also
partisan gridlock

Politico,
19
–20,
25

populism,
86

See also
“real Americans” image

Posner, Richard,
153

postwar economic consensus,
52
–53,
58
–59

Potomac, Maryland,
14

Powell, Colin,
14
,
18
,
108
–9

Powell Memorandum,
53
–54,
55
,
56
,
133

precision bombing,
46
,
81
,
121
–22,
147
–49,
168

presidential power.
See
executive power

prisons,
143
,
146
,
210

privatization,
102
–3,
115
,
146
,
210

psychopathy,
178
,
199
,
201
–2

public opinion:

dissatisfaction,
64
,
267
–68

government unresponsiveness to,
4
,
63
–66,
120

and information technology,
249

and national security policy,
44
,
51
,
52
,
82
,
237
–38

and “real Americans” image,
220

on torture,
202

Puritanism,
22
,
127

Qatar,
113
–14

racial segregation,
9

rapture beliefs,
262
–63

Reagan, Ronald,
73
–77

and deregulation,
57
,
133

and executive power,
74
–76

military spending under,
57
,
107
–8,
187

and personnel continuity,
177
,
187

and “real Americans” image,
8

sanctification of,
73
–74,
158

as trend consolidator,
11
,
62

See also
Iran-Contra scandal

“real Americans” image:

and appearance,
20
,
21

and D.C. area,
7
–8,
14

and Tea Party,
219
,
220
,
221
,
223
,
235

and Vietnam War,
52

and wealthy elites,
125

reform proposals,
269
–77

antitrust laws,
272
–73

cash nexus,
269
–70

health care policy,
275
–76

immigration,
274
–75

infrastructure investment,
272

Middle East exit proposal,
271
–72

military-industrial complex downsizing,
270
–71

tax policy,
273
–74,
277

Reid, Harry,
189
,
209

Republican Party,
22
,
157
–58,
206
–7,
225
–26

See also
Congress; political polarization; Tea Party

research and development,
37
,
214
–15

revolution, fear of,
87
,
139

revolving door,
182
–84

and Deep State components,
36

and defense contractors,
36
,
55
,
99

and foundations,
11
,
55
–56

and “no fault” concept,
142

security consultants,
197
n

speaking fees,
71
–72,
78

Rice, Condoleezza,
44
,
138
,
158
,
164

Roberts, John G., Jr.,
68
,
149
–50,
154

Rockefeller, John D., Sr.,
133
,
267

rogue state theory,
118

Romney, Mitt,
70
,
125
,
151

Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
30
,
110
n,
131

Röpke, Wilhelm,
54

Rove, Karl,
220
–21,
224

Rubin, Robert,
77
,
125
,
182

Rubio, Marco,
121
,
158

Rumsfeld, Donald,
79
,
179
–81,
192
,
201

Russia,
89
–91,
119

Crimea occupation,
84
,
104
,
158
,
195
,
252

See also
Ukraine crisis

safety net collapse,
135

See also
military-domestic trade-offs

sanctity of contract,
182

Santelli, Rick,
221
,
222

Saudi Arabia,
23
–24,
106
,
112
–13,
257
–58

savings and loan crisis (1980s),
57
,
119

Scalia, Antonin,
150
,
151

Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr.,
72
–73

Schwarzman, Steven,
87
,
126
,
256

science vs. antiscience,
259
–64

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
58
,
131

Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA),
183

security consultants,
197
n

sentencing guidelines,
145

September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
See
9/11

sequestration,
86
,
227

Serbia,
61
,
73

“servant of the people” image.
See
“real Americans” image

Sibelius v. Hobby Lobby,
151
,
276

Silicon Valley,
160
–75

admiration of,
38
–39,
43
,
161
,
173
–74

big data,
167
–71,
174
–75,
247
–49

and change possibilities,
246
–49

as Deep State component,
35
,
36
–37,
38
–39,
160

and domestic surveillance,
38
,
39
,
160
,
164
,
165
–67,
172
–73,
246
,
247
,
248

and economic inequality,
161
,
165

intellectual property issues,
160
–61

and libertarianism,
38
n,
163
–65

and military-industrial complex,
164
,
165
–67

offshore tax avoidance,
162
,
165

stock bubbles,
161
–62

and vulnerability to cybercrime,
172

and wealthy elites,
37
,
163

Sinclair, Upton,
41

Slaughter, Anne-Marie,
253
–55

Snowden, Edward.
See
Snowden revelations

Snowden revelations:

and extent of big data,
169
–70

government response to,
172
–73

impact of,
5
,
39
,
175
,
237
,
249
,
267

inevitability of revelations,
248

retaliation for,
197

and Silicon Valley,
160
,
166

and unequal justice,
195

Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT),
118

sociopathy,
199
,
201
–2

SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act),
37
,
248
–49

Soviet collapse.
See
cold war, end of

Soviet nomenklatura,
190
–95

space exploration,
261

speaking fees,
71
–72,
78

sports stadiums,
211
–12

State Department,
34
,
93

state secrets privilege,
147
–49,
244

Summers, Lawrence,
77
,
176
,
182

Supreme Court:

and antitrust laws,
273

and cash nexus,
149
,
151
–52

and change possibilities,
245
–46

and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court,
34
,
150
n

and health care policy,
205