Interview · moment 18 of 23
Oklahoma City Bombing and the Permanent Threat-Generation Machine
from #259 - Independence Day with Glenn Greenwald | The Tim Dillon Show · #259
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Greenwald parallels the post-Oklahoma City domestic terror panic (and Clinton's encryption backdoor demands) with today's manufactured domestic extremism narrative that keeps security agencies funded and powerful.
- January 6 resulted in the Capitol Police receiving two billion dollars in additional funding from Democrats.
- The government needs continuous scary threats to justify the growth and budgets of national security agencies, and old villains like Putin, ISIS, and Al Qaeda no longer serve that purpose.
- After the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, magazines like Time and Newsweek ran covers about white supremacists and militias as a huge danger.
- The Clinton administration demanded backdoor access to all encryption after Oklahoma City so the government could monitor internet communication.
- Every major incident strengthens the power centers involved in some way, and you can either assume incompetence or examine the history of what these institutions actually do.
- Tim suggests some events may be actively encouraged because of their consequences and who benefits from them.
Clinton administrationJanuary 6Oklahoma City bombingCapitol PoliceAl-QaedaISISVladimir PutinTime MagazineNewsweekAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez