“There exists a shadowy Government with its own Air Force, itsown Navy, it’s own fundraising mechanism, and the ability topursue its own ideas of the national interest, free from all checksand balances, and free from the law itself.”- Senator Daniel K. Inouye“In the councils of Government, we must guard against theacquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought,by the Military Industrial Complex. The potential for the disastrousrise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. We must never letthe weight of this combination endanger our liberties ordemocratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Onlyan alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the propermeshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defensewith our peaceful methods and goals so that security and libertymay prosper together.”- President Eisenhower – January 1961
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