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Mr. President, Tear Down These Walls

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Posted By: earlybird, 9/3/2025 12:32:03 PM

How is it that an insignificant corner of the internet could predict the removal of the U.S. National Security Advisor, specifically as the first administration official to be removed, more than two months before Donald Trump was sworn in as President on January 20, 2025? To understand the complexity of the intelligence information flow, consider: The silo system is made up, in part, of: The National Security Council (10+ desks, 15 staff/analysts per), the National Security Advisor , (snip)How does President Trump frame his world view? Who organizes the information that is prioritized to reach his desk? It is very easy to say, “President Trump has to know about (fill_in_blank),” without contemplating

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Behind the (snip) is a long list of agencies each with its own silo(s).. This is an important read.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 9/3/2025 2:13:52 PM (No. 1999164)
Look at the list behind the snip. This is what happens when a sovereign government gets way too big. Like President Reagan had said. This is why it is nearly impossible to imprison anyone employed or previously employed by the federal government. They know a lot about a very very narrow area of the federal government while making sure they knew their way to the closest coffee pot. Trimming the fat by culling one million federal workers wouldn't be all that bad, IMHO. But yes, there are some hard-working federal workers who do take some pride in what they do. A key question - what spawns the need for such a large federal workforce? Ask the rats in congress - they pass the never-ending laws that mandate increasing federal employment. As an aside, why does being a member of congress have to be a full-time job? Afterall, most state legislatures are in session for maybe 90 or 120 days each year. And just think of how much of your liberties are stripped away from you each and every year due to trivial federal and state laws that are passed each year. Why such laws? To simply appease campaign donors (hint - the elites). See where the problem is? Just asking.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Strike3 9/4/2025 7:53:58 AM (No. 1999393)
It has become a destructive competition. Not only are these multiple agencies all compartmentalized in what they do and the information produced but there are silos within each one so, often the high level does not know what the mid and lower levels are doing to preserve plausible deniability. In simpler terms, the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Rumblehog 9/4/2025 8:04:51 AM (No. 1999396)
All these organizations, listed here by CTH, are good, and I mean really good, at one thing, namely justification for their organization's existence. Furthermore, those in the "silo" will argue in favor of the individual contributions of those inside the "silo," which are "vitally important to the nation," and that "so-and-so" simply can't be "replaced," if "lost" (i.e. "fired"). Meaning, "so-and-so" will be snapped up ultra-fast by "Think Tanks," "Policy Advocacy Groups," NGOs, etc. What is worthy of duplication here is the "Madman Muntz" approach to building a cheap TV, wherein he would see what he thought was unnecessary circuitry in a competitors product, and eliminate it to see if it would still work. If it did, continue on, if not, add back that(those) component(s). His commitment was lowering cost for consumers, and he was amazingly successful at it. Ergo, eliminate each Silo, one at a time, to see what impact it has on the function of government. If all hell breaks loose, highlighting a need for the group's output/guidance, then add back the functionality needed to make everything work. It might take some time, but it would answer the age old question regarding government complexity.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Zigrid 9/4/2025 10:05:36 AM (No. 1999451)
Asking "every day folks" to understand all this shifting around of the swamp is exhausting for WE real folks....it is enough I know who President Trump's players are...if he trust his staff...who...by the way...know more than WE do....so let's be careful what WE are sold in a newspaper....with plenty of reasons to be biased and limelight grabbers.....
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Reply 5 - Posted by: mc squared 9/4/2025 11:16:32 AM (No. 1999474)
Agree with OP. One needs to read all the agencies in one place as Sundance has done, to see how screwed up our INT agencies are. I will say they did a yeoman's job at finding all the grandmas at the June 6th 'insurrection'. Even taking years to find some.
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