March 2, 2024

Determining the secret actions of U.S. government employees and politicians is difficult.

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The common American cannot access classified or other secret information, and sometimes government employees might destroy or otherwise get rid of documents.

Some might want to know the secret actions of government employees out of mere curiosity. Others, though, are likely aware of the phenomenon observed throughout history: “power tends to corrupt, and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely.”

Perhaps we should consider this with regard to laws about modifying the weather, but more about that shortly.

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Besides a desire for power to corrupt in these government jobs, absolutely powerful government jobs likely attract already absolutely corrupt people. Government employees might already be corrupt before they attain power, and it is the absolute power which attracts them to government positions.

And, of course, it is the ability to act with almost complete secrecy which results in “absolute power.” Such secrecy is likely sought after by corrupt persons. Simply observe how often government employees or others make billions to trillions of dollars appear out of nowhere and give that money to other governments or to secretly operating entities like the FBI.

Who would be able to prevent FBI or other government employees from taking a couple million dollars or hundreds of thousands of dollars here or there? Or, what about the potential to secretly get revenge on groups of people? For example, FBI targeting Catholics; how many corrupt Americans might be motivated to work for the FBI if they can secretly get revenge on Catholics?

Such abilities might be sought after by already corrupt people, but, due to government secrecy, Americans are unable to know.

There is one approach, though, which might help determine at least potential secret government actions, methods, and technologies: deduction from laws. Some U.S. government jobs do not allow officials to stay in the job for their whole life. And, due to the apparently ferocious opposition of political belief systems, future government officials might seek revenge against previous government officials.

The point here is that government officials might try to enact laws that protect themselves from future prosecution.