I'm an older guy -- 58. The term "deep state" is relatively new. I wonder how the "shadow government" feels about the "deep state". The "shadow government", for those new to the term, is the part of the government that is responsible for all the ccover-ups such as alien technology, alien abduction, JFK assassination, cover ops in other countries that our leaders dont' know about and must have deniability in, etc. NOT to be confused with this new thing called "deep state". "Deep state" means different things to different people and is just a vague term for the paranoid. To a Trump worshiper, "deep state" is that illuminatia cabal that runs the world and is embedded into our government, media, entertainment industry. To the racists, it would be the Jews and the Masons (read up on the propaganda instrument called the "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion", and how it was created by Russian intelligence officers way back before WWII). This notion of pointing to a vague group, called the "deep state" will eventually lead to scape-goatism and the US governments ability to PURGE certain undesirables from the ranks of the FBI/CIA/NSA/DOD, and so forth. This is just an extension of Trump's desire to have a loyalty oath, which is very much the way a dictator handles dissent. This is NOT the way the USA used to be. You could be in the FBI and disagree with the leader, and that would be good, healthy, a check-and-balance. So what does "deep state" mean actually? To me, it is a bogus term -- and more of the same in terms of propaganda, paranoia, and scape goatism. In the USA we are against that sort of stuff. Aren't we?