Twitter Files Tip of Iceberg for Needed Church-Style Committee
There is no panacea for Deep State politicization and weaponization, but exposing the depths of that corruption is a necessary first step for House Republicans
Twitter Files Tip of Iceberg for Needed Church-Style Committee
The Twitter Files have revealed in stunning detail a largely successful bid by the U.S. national security apparatus to manipulate public opinion at a mass scale by imposing a censorship regime on social media platforms.
This scandal—a conspiracy to police speech in violation of the First Amendment—deserves a congressional probe to reveal the full extent of the collusion between myriad government agencies and Big Tech companies, hold the malefactors to account, and propose laws to prevent it in the future.
Yet this scandal is just one of many perpetrated by the Deep State in recent years. Numerous federal agencies have demonstrated a level of politicization and weaponization so systemic and far-reaching that it demands an expansive investigation—one that could bring about a radical restructuring of the entire security apparatus.
In a new piece at Newsweek, I walk through these scandals and make the case for a modern-day Church-style committee, concluding in part:
National security and law enforcement agencies run amok pose an existential threat to our liberty and justice.
…A police state turned on citizens who dare to question regime orthodoxy, armed with the most awesome powers of surveillance ever known in the history of mankind, would mean tyranny.
Any committee that threatens to defang the Deep State will face its wrath, and an onslaught from allies in government and the private sector. And that we had a Church Committee decades ago yet find ourselves living through this present scandalous era demonstrates that such committees are no panacea. A modern-day Church Committee, even if executed with the requisite focus and discipline—requiring shrewd, judicious, and steel-spined personnel—will not alone fix what ails us.
But establishing such a committee is a necessary first step towards at least getting to transparency, without which there can be no accountability.
Read the whole thing here.
‘Twitter Files’ confirm worst of Big Tech censorship fears
Be sure to check out my latest Twitter Files commentary at Straight Arrow News.