While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” Valerie E. Caproni, General Counsel for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, admits to the Washington Post that the FBI contrived national emergencies to collect records on some 2,000 phone calls, in violation of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.

       [added 2/27/2022] Thanks to G. Edward Griffin for this entry.