three letter agencies are to the US that the pretorian guard was to Rome after the fall of the republic. They seem to have their own level of authority above an

three letter agencies are to the US that the pretorian guard was to Rome after the fall of the republic. They seem to have their own level of authority above and beyond that of congress or even the emperors themselves. However in the US this authority not gained through threat of violence but through information. They have all the scandals, controversial issues about EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT. Who wants to pick that battle?