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|description=A "deep state" is a group with covert ''de facto'' control of a nation state. Just as monarchies often had a "power behind the throne", so democracies similarly have an unacknowledged secret hand with a greater or lesser degree of control over decisions taken. This website uses the phrase "Deep State" (capital D, capital S) as a shorthand to refer to the ''Supra''national Deep State, the global alliance of deep states which was fused by [[9/11]].
|glossary=A deep state is a network of individuals and groups which are in ''de facto'' charge of a national government, and which use the democratically elected government as a front, providing plausible deniability and allowing covert control. On matters of deep political importance, the public machinery of government is routinely subverted on the say so of deep politicians.}}'' Not to be confused with the [[Supranational Deep State]], a.k.a. ''The Deep State'', the informal working coalition of deep state groups.''

The '''deep state''' (loosely synonymous with the '''shadow government'''<ref>https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2017/03/03/right-wing-media-latch-deep-state-shadow-government-conspiracy-absolve-trump-russia-controversy/215555</ref><ref>http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-10/deep-state-unelected-shadow-government-here-stay</ref><ref>https://www.corbettreport.com/deep-state-rising-the-mainstreaming-of-the-shadow-government/</ref>, or more rarely '''permanent government'''<ref>http://www.salon.com/2015/10/21/this_is_not_a_democracy_behind_the_deep_state_that_obama_hillary_or_trump_couldnt_control/</ref> or '''permanent state'''<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/deep-state-what-donald-trump-influence-us-president-control-public-intelligence-military-a7614311.html</ref>) is in contrast to the public structures which ''appear'' to be directing individual [[nation state]]s. It is an intensely secretive, informal, fluid network of [[deep politician]]s whose [[deep state factions]] effectively amplify their influence over national governments.

==Etymology and usage==
The phrase "deep state" derives from the [[Turkish]] "derin devlet". It emerged after the [[1996]] [[Susurluk car crash]] unmasked the [[Turkey/Deep state|Turkish deep state]]. Back in the 2000s<ref>http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/391</ref> and early 2010s<ref>http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/437_-_Bullying_101_(From_the_Deep_State_to_the_School_Yard_-_Power_and_Powerlessness_13)</ref>, it was used by only a few commentators, sometimes within quotation marks.<ref>https://www.viewpointmag.com/2014/09/11/the-deep-state-germany-immigration-and-the-national-socialist-underground/</ref> It experienced a [[Deep state/2017 Popularisation|surge of use in 2017]], often not in keeping with the meaning attributed by the [[Peter Dale Scott|diplomat who coined the phrase]].

== Official Narrative ==
[[image:Susurluk car crash.jpg|333px|thumbnail|left|The [[1996]] [[Susurluk car crash]], the [[deep event]] which lead to the coining of the phrase "[[deep state]]".]]
The [[official narrative]] of deep states used to be that they were "[[conspiracy theory]]". This position was modified in the last few years to the claim that they don't exist ''here''. In [[2013]] the ''[[New York Times]]'' defined the deep state as "''a hard-to-perceive level of government or super-control that exists regardless of elections and that may thwart popular movements or radical change. Some have said that [[Egypt]] is being manipulated by its deep state.''"<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20140102073615/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/22/opinion/sunday/a-wordnado-of-words-in-2013.html A Wordnado of Words in 2013], ''[[New York Times]]'', December 21, 2013. [[Grant Barrett]]</ref> Since the ''Times'' (like the rest of the {{ccm}}) is more or less a [[Corporate media/Deep state control|under the control of the deep state]], such a mention is very interesting. The implication of the second half of their definition is clear:- countries other than Egypt are ''not'' being manipulated by a deep state. A 2012 blog post at the [[World Bank]] is clearer still:- "''You think your country has undergone a transition to [[democracy]]...  You realize that there are powerful elite formations bequeathed by years, even decades, of authoritarian rule still able to block progressive change and protect their interests.''" The statement that "''deep states that exist in many youngish ‘democracies’''" avoids discussion of [[nation states]] which have long claimed to be democracies.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120714060654/http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/deep-state-confronts-accountability-revolution The 'Deep State' Confronts the Accountability Revolution], 2012 |  saved at [https://archive.is/FVPqL Archive.is]</ref>. A 2013 book entitled "''Deep State''" would soften the term, making no mention of [[false flag attacks]] and bemoaning [[9-11]] "[[conspiracy theorists]]".<ref>''Deep State - Inside the government secrecy industry'' by [[Mark Ambinder]] & [[D. B. Grady]] admits the existence of a black budget in the USA but makes no mention of [[False flag attack]]s and declares "the [[JFK/Assassination|Kennedy assassination]]... the shallow end of the insanity pool — a place where otherwise reasonable thinkers can wade in unreasonable ideas... There was no cover-up. There was no [[conspiracy]]... But the nature of [[state secrecy]] ensures that there will always be [[conspiracy theorists]]. Kennedy is but one in a list that grows every day, despite the pesky meddling of the duo of logic and facts." pp.96 - 100</ref>

===2017 Popularisation===
{{FA|Deep state/2017 Popularisation}}
The phrase "deep state" experienced a huge rise in usage after the election of [[Donald Trump]]. In March 2017, in particular, [[corporate media]] outlets all seemed to be offering contradictory ideas about what the term might mean, some denying its applicability to the US (arguing that "There is no [[American Deep State]]... it just looks like there is")<ref>https://off-guardian.org/2017/03/21/there-is-no-american-deep-state-it-just-looks-like-there-is/</ref> others contradicting the original meaning by suggesting it was politically partisan.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/2017/04/war-declared-on-deep-state-political-agenda/</ref> This is an interesting development given the mound of evidence that the [[deep state controls corporate media]].

===Democratic façade===
[[image:Party politics.jpg|right|340px]]
Since the early 19<sup>th</sup> and particularly in the 20<sup>th</sup> century, [[deep states]] in many nation states have worked to maintain a cover of [[party politics]], focusing on personalities of individual [[politicians]] or issue of identity politics.
{{SMWQ
|authors=Ivo Mosley
|source_name=In The Name Of The People
|source_URL=http://ivomosley.com/in-the-name-of-the-people/
|date=2013
|subjects=deep state, elections, politics, the establishment
|text= Although elected representatives are supposed to be the ruling power we see them coming and going while the true powers in our lives — [[political parties]], [[bureaucracies]], [[business corporations]], [[the media]], institutions of [[law]] and [[justice]], [[quangos]], [[international treaty agreements]], [[financial systems]], [[regulators]] etcetera — get on with business.
}}
This façade was by and large successful at hiding the real business of [[deep politics]] from public scrutiny. In the 21st century, in spite of massive [[consolidation of corporate media]], this veil is proving increasingly thin as [[deep state milieux]], formerly only the stuff of rumour, are now increasingly well documented with photos, videos and leaked documents all online.

==Organisation==
The core of deep state groups and [[deep state milieu]] could be summarised by [[Dwight Eisenhower]]'s "[[Military-industrial-congressional complex]]", although [[intelligence agencies]] are essential to their functioning. They are made up of the ''real leadership'' - note that an organisation's ''de facto'' leaders may well different from its ''de jure'' leaders (especially a regards [[spooks]] where [[compartmentalization]] and a culture of secrecy facilitate such duplicity, and high ranking officials may be retained as [[patsies]],
* [[intelligence agencies]]
* [[deep politician]]s and their henchmen, i.e. individuals who control [[deep state factions]] and who broker agreements between other members of the deep state.
* Some senior or long-standing non-elected officials within government (e.g. top civil servants);
* Selected individuals with effective control of key [[commercial]], [[military]] and/or [[criminal]] groups in:
** The "[[defence]]" and "[[counter-terrorism]]" industries;
** The [[financial]] sector;
** The [[Corporate media/Deep state control|Corporate media]]<ref>[http://www.voltairenet.org/article169316.html The "Deep State" behind U.S. democracy] - Voltaire Network 6 April 2011</ref>, although [[technological]] change is rapidly eroding the importance of this sector, which is losing its role to the [[tech giants]] such as [[Google]] and [[Facebook]]. 

===Supranational Nature===
{{FA|Supranational Deep State}}
[[image:Supranational deep state.jpg|right|300px]]
Deep states often evolved as secret cabals to control particular nation states. However, although originating in particular localities, the corruption of governments has [[globalised]] as have other enterprises, resulting in an ever wider interlocking of deep state factions in the 21<sup>st</sup> century.<ref>The attempts to [[cover up 9-11]] are clear evidence of this</ref> A 2010 paper by [[Peter Dale Scott]] refers to "A ''Supranational'' Deep State", noting how their international integration effectively allows deep states to evade even the limited control national governments had in the early 20<sup>th</sup> century.<ref name="PDS2014">[[Document:The State, the Deep State, and the Wall Street Overworld]]</ref> Post [[9-11]], most deep state groups are members of an informal alliance known on this website as the [[Supranational Deep State]]. The need for secrecy has lead to extreme [[compartmentalisation]], promotes infighting and hampers its effective control any of the deep state groups which make it up,<ref>http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/750</ref> possibly driving the [[2020]] lurch towards a [[global control grid]] with strict technological controls on [[freedom of speech]] and [[freedom of movement]].

===Deep state milieux===
{{FA|Deep state milieu}}
[[image:December 2016 meeting of Le Cercle Washington 3.jpg|330px|left|thumbnail|The [[2016 Cercle Meeting in Washington DC|2016 Washington DC meeting]] of [[Le Cercle]], a highly secret deep state milieux started in the early [[1950s]]]]
[[Deep state milieux]], such as the (formerly very secret) [[Bilderberg group]] are organs of the deep state, places where [[deep state operatives]] can meet up, away from public scrutiny, and make plans. This is ''not'' to say that all visitors to such groups are members of, or even cognisant of, deep state operations; such groups also provide a place where potential members can be subject to evaluation — {{#ask: [[Has objectClass::person]][[Has bilderbergCount::1]] |format=count}} of the {{#ask: [[Has objectClass::person]][[Has bilderbergCount::>1]] |format=count}} [[Bilderberg/Guests|visitors]] to the Bilderberg only visited once.

===Fluid nature===
Power relations between [[deep politician]]s remain fluid, so deep states should not be be seen as alternative power ''structures'' to the visible organisational structures which they dominate. Relationships between [[Mafia]] families offer a suitable parallel, combining an often uneasy cooperation with occasional violent and sudden change. All deep state groups share share a common interest in preventing exposure of the ''real'' goings on behind the facade of [[electoral politics]], so even violently opposed factions can cooperate to hide the true nature of [[deep event]]s.

==Activities==
[[image:Sirte libya.jpg|thumbnail|400px|In [[1977]], deep state operative [[Edwin Wilson]] sold about 20,000 kg of [[plastic explosives]] to [[Libya]], together with training in bomb making from US [[green beret]]s. The report of the [[1986 Bilderberg]] charged that "Libya is the principal sponsor of terrorism. It finances terrorist acts, it trains terrorist groups, it supplies arms, ammunition, passports and other documents to terrorists, and it uses its embassies, so-called peoples' bureaus, as weapons storehouses and sanctuaries for terrorists. Recently, Libya has been escalating its involvement in terrorism."]]
Deep states are probably dominated by [[psychopath]]s and [[sociopath]]s. To preserve their power, they must not only stay in the shadows, but frustrate radical and progressive [[social change]]. Control of [[corporate media]] is essential to the effective operation of the deep state. In the US this is effected through deep state control of the [[CIA]], which has huge influence over big media.<ref>See [[Operation Mockingbird]]</ref> With the apparatus of [[nation state]]s under their control, their subterfuges can be elaborate and complex. Like Mafia families, deep state groups have a common interest in hiding their existence at all costs, leading to cooperation in times of crisis. As a Turkish cartoon put it in 1997 "Deep state protects its own."<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/26/world/blind-turk-is-going-to-jail-to-find-freedom-he-says.html Blind Turk Is Going to Jail To Find Freedom, He Says], The first ''[[New York Times]]'' article to mention the "deep state", from 1997</ref>

===Deep Politics===
{{FA|Deep Politics}}
"[[Deep Politics]]" is a term coined by [[Peter Dale Scott]] to describe the activities and issues of importance to the agents of the deep state. These may be only indirectly seen as connected to "politics"; in most countries of the world today, [[party politics]] is more or less used as a veneer to ''obscure'' the ''real'' considerations. In contrast to multiple levels of publicly aired political considerations, deep political motives are sometimes much simpler; [[Charlotte Denett]], for example, suggests that the deep politics of [[WW1]] and [[WW2]] actually centered on control of the [[Middle East]]'s resources of [[oil]] and [[natural gas]].<ref>[http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/684 The Supranational Deep State], 2 hour radio show</ref>

===Deep Events===
{{FA|Deep Events}}
[[Deep Events]] are the footprints of the deep state. Peter Dale Scott specifies 3 levels:
# ''[[Low level deep events]]'', typically unnoticed at the time, are discovered only as part of later investigations. 
# ''[[Mid level deep events]]'', typically accompanied by a set of cover stories to obscure their deep political significance.
# ''[[Structural deep events]]'', rare and ambitious, which to try to change entire societies, sometimes without them even knowing it.
The defining structural deep events of the late 20<sup>th</sup> century was the [[JFK Assassination]],  a [[coup d'etat]] that radically changed the US political scene.<ref>[[Document:The Coup of '63, Part 1]]</ref> which the establishment presented it to US citizens as the work of a "[[lone nut]]".

The defining structural deep event of the 21<sup>st</sup> century was the [[9/11]] attacks, which the [[perpetual war]] known as the "[[War on Terror]]". Details such as [[Larry Silverstein]]'s multi-billion dollar windfall and the [[9-11/Insider Trading|insider trading]] are widely known, but evidence is accumulating that these were but minor parts of much larger suite of financial frauds carried out by deep political insiders who capitalised on the opportunity.<ref>[[Document:Fifty Years of the Deep State]]</ref><ref>[[Document:Collateral Damage 911]]</ref>

== Alternate usage ==
In 2021 [[Peter Koenig]] headlined an article  ''The Covid Deep State: Threats, Vaccine Injuries and Deaths Abound No Compensation. No Justice''. He introduces the article by explaining that {{SMWQ
|text=What can now be called “Covid Deep State” – the same “superior and super-rich elite” buys practically all the [[mainstream media]] – [[television]], [[radio]] and [[newspaper|print]] – in basically all the 193 UN member countries. Looks like there is no escape. That’s what they would like. That’s why the entire world had to be [[COVID-19/Lockdown|locked]] down for the virus at once on or around the 15th of March 2020.
|subjects=COVID-19/Lockdowns, Supranational Deep State
|date=4 June 2021
|authors=Peter Koenig
|source_name=Global Research
|source_URL=https://www.globalresearch.ca/covid-threats-vaccine-injuries-deaths-abound-no-compensation-no-justice/5746955
|format=inline}}

== Cultural references ==
The second series of [[Douglas Adams]]' ''[[Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy]]'' concludes with the protagonists having finally located the ruler of the universe (a.k.a. the "man in the shack") who makes the ''real'' decisions that are ascribed to the President of The Galaxy. The posthumously produced series three of the radio series (produced after Adams' death) diffuses this plot by suggesting that this was a psychotic episode. In the (later) radio adaptation Trillian describes the idea of the secret ruler of the universe as a "[[conspiracy theory]]".
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