@Nullo Yes, I mock. The premise of a totally secret program launched in the 1950s having created all our greatest pop stars for the next 50 years is worthy of mockery. Some ideas deserve to be treated so.
As to government exceeding their Constitutional authority, sure it happens. I’ll give you an example. Since 9/11, Congress has given the President almost dictatorial powers when acting in the name of national defense. The current NDAA extended the right of the President, Secretary of Defense or Secretary of State to order the assassination of anyone including US citizens if they alone deem the person to be a terrorist. They can also have the person arrested and detained indefinitely in the US or on foreign soil. The detainee has no right to Habeas Corpus (Something that dates back to the Magna Carts and is most definitely guaranteed in the Constitution) and no court proceeding is required or even available to them. How long till some power-hungry ego-maniac takes office and uses this power to silence all political opposition. So far, it’s happened in every nation where government has such power. What makes Congressional Republicans think it can’t happen here? Or do they know it can, and plan to make sure it is done on their watch?