It is very clear, i think, to anyone that has been paying attention, that the purpose of the intelligence agencies meddling in home affairs has always been to d

It is very clear, i think, to anyone that has been paying attention, that the purpose of the intelligence agencies meddling in home affairs has always been to destroy any populist movements and to push for elitist control over society (left and right means nothing to these people). This goes back to Hoover at the FBI (and maybe further). If you know anything about the last 200 years or so of history, you know that there is some merit to this as just about every evil and murderous regime to exist used populist paths to power. However, any reading of history also makes it clear that once in power these same murderous and corrupt regime used these exact same clandestine powers to crush populism and ensure their continued power. I find in very hard to take it on faith that intelligence agencies are trying to do the right thing rather than just protecting the corruption that has enabled the ill gotten power and wealth of themselves and the political class which they serve.