Deep state functionary

Deep state functionary (Deep state operative)
The 'useful idiots' of the deep state. They are typically aware that they are engaging in illegal or corrupt behaviour, but may know little or nothing of the deep state for which they work.

Not to be confused with deep politicians, deep state operatives or deep state actors, who are more informed and autonomous.

A deep state functionary is a relatively low level deep state operative who is used by deep state actors. As agents of covert deep state control, they may hold apparently powerful jobs, such as heads of large companies or even national governments. However, they generally know little of the deep political environment which defines their parameters.

Inconsistency

This term was defined in July 2018 on Wikispooks, before which time it was used almost interchangeably with the term "deep state actor" and "deep state operative".

Activities

The main utility of deep state functionaries to deep states is as blindly obedient footsoldiers. As they may know little or nothing about deep state operations, they are useful cut-outs. Those with high positions in government or other organisations may be used to implement deep state policies, as directed by deep state actors. For this purpose, they may enjoy the "Bilderberg effect" - a meteoric rise through hierarchies as their handlers seek to have them promoted to positions in which they can be of more use to the deep state.

Control

Deep state functionaries are not well informed about the deep state groups for which they work. Some are knowingly corrupt subjects of blackmail and/or bribery who are induced to follow orders by their handlers. Others may be motivated by fear or abstract ideologies such as "patriotism", religion etc. or by psychological motivations such as personal loyalty, ego etc. They may be completely unaware that they are working for deep state groups.

 

Examples

Page name	Born	Died	Nationality	Summary	Description
Tony Abbott	4 November 1957		Australia	Politician Deep state functionary	"The delicate balance between freedom and security may have to shift"...
Theodore Achilles	29 December 1905	8 April 1986	US	Diplomat Spook Deep state functionary	Very closely connected to the creation NATO
Alexander Acosta	16 January 1969		US	Lawyer Deep state functionary	The US lawyer whose approval of a plea deal with Jeffrey Epstein avoided a public trial after being told that “Epstein was above his pay grade.”
Richard Alderman	1953			Lawyer Deep state functionary	Widely criticised SFO director
Myles Ambrose	21 July 1926	3 June 2014		Deep state functionary	Richard Nixon's first drug czar
Daniel Andrews	6 July 1972		Australia	Politician Deep state functionary	Politician who came to prominence during the COVID-19 deep event.
Kirill Androsov	13 June 1972			Financier Deep state functionary	Russian financier, businessman, YGL, 2008-2010 Deputy chief of staff to Vladimir Putin
Saskia ten Asbroek			Netherlands	Lawyer Deep state functionary	Bilderberg Executive Secretary
Jessica Ashooh			US	Propagandist Deep state functionary	"Hawkish young mandarin hothoused at elite universities and in the halls of state power"
Roberto Azevêdo	3 October 1957			Deep state functionary	WTO Director-General 2013-2020
Audrey Azoulay	4 August 1972		France	Politician Deep state functionary	French deep state functionary and UNESCO Director-General
Hans van Baalen	17 June 1960		Netherlands	Deep state functionary	"A Dutch pirate and a villain"
Kemi Badenoch	2 January 1980		UK	Politician Deep state functionary	Chosen as Conservative Party leader in November 2024
James Baker	28 April 1930			Politician Lawyer Deep state functionary	US DSO, many deep state connections from the Atlantic Council to the US-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce
Édouard Balladur	2 May 1929		France	Politician Deep state functionary	A panelist of the session on The Public Sector And Economic Growth at the 1987 Bilderberg as French Minister of Finance
Maja Banck-Polderman			Netherlands	Deep state functionary	Bilderberg Executive Secretary. Attended 7 Bilderbergs
John Baring	2 November 1928	6 October 2020	UK	Deep state functionary Central banker Businessperson	Director of the Bank of England, attended 3 Bilderbergs in the 1980s
Bernard Barker	5 December 1927	5 June 2009	US Cuba	Spook Soldier Deep state functionary	A soldier/spook involved both in the assassination of JFK and the Watergate coup.
Zanny Minton Beddoes	1967		UK	Journalist Editor Deep state functionary	Financial journalist, Bilderberger, IMF economist under Jeffrey Sachs
Richard Ben-Veniste	3 January 1943			Lawyer Deep state functionary	A lawyer who has taken various legal roles for the US deep state, including securing the Watergate coup.
Marc Benioff	25 September 1964		US	Deep state functionary Billionaire Businessperson	Both a WEF GLT and a WEF YGL, US internet billionaire deep state functionary, bought Time Magazine
Frederic Bennett	2 December 1918	14 September 2002	UK	Journalist Politician Deep state functionary	Parliamentary Private Secretary to Reginald Maudling, Privy Counsellor, Bilderberg Steering committee
Bernard Berelson	1912	1979	US	Propagandist Academic Deep state functionary	US propagandist and deep state functionary
Arnold Bergstraesser	14 July 1896	24 February 1964	Germany	Academic Deep state functionary	German political scientist who headed some deep state groups in the 1950s and 1960s
Wayne Lee Berman			US	Deep state functionary Businessperson	US Businessman with deep political connections.
Jeff Bezos	12 January 1964		US	Deep state functionary Billionaire Businessperson	World's richest man. Founded Amazon, grandson of a DARPA co-founder
Hans Binnendijk	8 December 1946		US	Academic Deep state functionary	Dutch born academic and US deep state functionary, a member of Atlantic Council and RAND corporation, deeply involved with NATO.
Çevik Bir	1939		Turkey	Military Deep state functionary	Turkish general who organized 1997 'soft' coup.
Richard Blee				Spook Deep state functionary	CIA officer who successfully obstructed investigation of Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden in the run up to the 9/11 attacks
Orlando Bosch	18 August 1926	27 April 2011		Spook "Terrorist" Deep state functionary	Convicted assassin, Operation 40 member, released by special order of George H. W. Bush after a petition from Jeb Bush
Virginia Bottomley	12 March 1948			Politician Lobbyist Deep state functionary	UK lobbyist politician possible deep state functionary
Donna Brazile	15 December 1959			Deep state functionary
Willy Bretscher	1897	1992	Switzerland	Editor Deep state functionary	Influential Swiss editor for many decades
Sundaa Bridgett-Jones			US	Deep state functionary	Rockefeller Foundation allied deep state functionary, Georgetown alumna
Graham Brookie				Deep state functionary "Terror expert"	"Former U.S. government advisor on homeland security and counterterrorism" connected to the Integrity Initiative/Institute for Statecraft complex
Gordon Brown	20 February 1951		UK	Politician Deep state functionary	UK deep state functionary. Prime Minister from 2007-2010. WHO ambassador for Global Health Financing from 2021
Mark Malloch Brown	16 September 1953			Deep state functionary	George Soros-protegé
Gro Harlem Brundtland	20 April 1939		Norway	Politician Deep state functionary Big pharma/Lobbyist	Deep state/WHO connected Prime Minister/DG, concerned about "too much freedom of speech"
Thomas Buberl	24 March 1973		Germany	Deep state functionary Businessperson	German poly-Bilderberg money manager, WEF AGMs, WEF YGL 2008
Whitey Bulger	3 September 1929	30 October 2018	US	Informer Deep state functionary Crime boss	MKULTRA connected US Crime boss assassinated in prison aged 89
Ellsworth Bunker	11 May 1894	27 September 1984	US	Diplomat Deep state functionary	Cold War hawk, diplomatic troubleshooter
Sylvia Burwell	23 June 1965		US	Politician Deep state functionary Executive	Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation executive and US Secretary Health, first Bilderberg meeting in 2018.
Stephen Cambone	22 June 1952			Politician Deep state functionary	Pentagon official and henchman of Donald Rumsfeld. Allowed "loosening the standards of detainee treatment" (i.e. torture) during interrogations. Project for the New American Century.
John Carbaugh	1945	19 March 2006	US	Spook Lawyer Arms Dealer Deep state functionary	Cercle attendee linked to political double dealing, arms deals and Iran-Contra.
Melvin Carraway			US	Deep state functionary	Acting Administrator of The Transportation Security Administration removed from office after a report found agents failed to find fake explosives and weapons in internal tests.
Kaspar Cassani	April 1928		US Switzerland	Financier Deep state functionary Businessperson	Chairman and president of the IBM World Trade Corporation. Attended the 1985 Bilderberg.
Jack Caulfield	12 March 1929	17 June 2012		Spook Deep state functionary
Ahmed Chalabi	30 October 1944	3 November 2015	Iraq	Politician Deep state functionary	"A crafty, avuncular Iraqi exile beloved by Washington's neoconservatives" who attended the 2006 Bilderberg a month after quitting as Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq.
Olivier Chevrillon	28 January 1929	22 January 2013	France	Deep state functionary	French media CEO and civil servant
Alan Clark	13 April 1928	5 September 1999	UK	Author Politician Deep state functionary	Bullingdon Club, Le Cercle, Minister for Defence Procurement...
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