Half of the CIA knew about it. Some in the FBI knew about it. Half of the DEA knew about it. Federal prosecutors sprung arrested drug pushers. Federal judges, in cooperation with federal prosecutors, turned loose convicted drug pushers.
Constant vigilance is what is necessary.
We the People have become secondary to the goals of government. There's been a roll reversal here, Joe. Originally, the federal government was supposed to serve the people. Now, it is the people who, through taxation and regulation, are to serve the federal government. So let's give up those delusions of grandeur feelings that we are important.