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A deep state is a network of individuals and groups which are in de facto charge of a national government, and which use the democratically elected government as a front, providing plausible deniability and allowing covert control. On matters of deep political importance, the public machinery of government is routinely subverted on the say so of deep politicians.

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A "deep state" is a group with covert de facto control of a nation state. Just as monarchies often had a "power behind the throne", so democracies similarly have an unacknowledged secret hand with a greater or lesser degree of control over decisions taken. This website uses the phrase "Deep State" (capital D, capital S) as a shorthand to refer to the Supranational Deep State, the global alliance of deep states which was fused by 9/11.

Not to be confused with the Supranational Deep State, a.k.a. The Deep State, the informal alliance of deep state groups.

The deep state (loosely synonymous with the shadow government[1][2][3], or more rarely permanent government[4] or permanent state[5]) is in contrast to the public structures which appear to be directing individual nation states. It is an intensely secretive, informal, fluid network of deep politicians whose deep state factions effectively amplify their influence over national governments.

Etymology and usage

The phrase "deep state" derives from the Turkish "derin devlet". It emerged after the 1996 Susurluk car crash unmasked the Turkish deep state. Back in the 2000s[6] and early 2010s[7], it was used by only a few commentators, sometimes within quotation marks.[8] It experienced a surge of use in 2017, often not in keeping with the meaning attributed by the diplomat who coined the phrase.

Official Narrative

The 1996 Susurluk car crash, the deep event which lead to the coining of the phrase "deep state".

The official narrative of deep states used to be that they were "conspiracy theory". This position was modified in the last few years to the claim that they don't exist here. In 2013 the New York Times defined the deep state as "a hard-to-perceive level of government or super-control that exists regardless of elections and that may thwart popular movements or radical change. Some have said that Egypt is being manipulated by its deep state."[9] Since the Times (like the rest of the commercially-controlled media) is more or less a under the control of the deep state, such a mention is very interesting. The implication of the second half of their definition is clear:- countries other than Egypt are not being manipulated by a deep state. A 2012 blog post at the World Bank is clearer still:- "You think your country has undergone a transition to democracy... You realize that there are powerful elite formations bequeathed by years, even decades, of authoritarian rule still able to block progressive change and protect their interests." The statement that "deep states that exist in many youngish ‘democracies’" avoids discussion of nation states which have long claimed to be democracies.[10]. A 2013 book entitled "Deep State" would soften the term, making no mention of false flag attacks and bemoaning 9-11 "conspiracy theorists".[11]

2017 Popularisation

Full article: Rated 3/5 Deep state/2017 Popularisation

The phrase "deep state" experienced a huge rise in usage after the election of Donald Trump. In March 2017, in particular, corporate media outlets all seemed to be offering contradictory ideas about what the term might mean, some denying its applicability to the US (arguing that "There is no American Deep State... it just looks like there is")[12] others contradicting the original meaning by suggesting it was politically partisan.[13] This is an interesting development given the mound of evidence that the deep state controls corporate media.

Democratic façade

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Since the early 19th and particularly in the 20th century, deep states in many nation states have worked to maintain a cover of party politics, focusing on personalities of individual politicians or issue of identity politics.

Ivo Mosley (2013)  [14]

This façade was by and large successful at hiding the real business of deep politics from public scrutiny. In the 21st century, in spite of massive consolidation of corporate media, this veil is proving increasingly thin as deep state milieux, formerly only the stuff of rumour, are now increasingly well documented with photos, videos and leaked documents all online.


The core of deep state groups and deep state milieu could be summarised by Dwight Eisenhower's "Military-industrial-congressional complex", although intelligence agencies are essential to their functioning. They are made up of the real leadership - note that an organisation's de facto leaders may well different from its de jure leaders (especially a regards spooks where compartmentalization and a culture of secrecy facilitate such duplicity, and high ranking officials may be retained as patsies,

Supranational Nature

Full article: Supranational Deep State
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Deep states often evolved as secret cabals to control particular nation states. However, although originating in particular localities, the corruption of governments has globalised as have other enterprises, resulting in an ever wider interlocking of deep state factions in the 21st century.[16] A 2010 paper by Peter Dale Scott refers to "A Supranational Deep State", noting how their international integration effectively allows deep states to evade even the limited control national governments had in the early 20th century.[17] Post 9-11, most deep state groups are members of an informal alliance known on this website as the Supranational Deep State. The need for secrecy has lead to extreme compartmentalisation, promotes infighting and hampers its effective control any of the deep state groups which make it up,[18] possibly driving the 2020 lurch towards a global control grid with strict technological controls on freedom of speech and freedom of movement.

Deep state milieux

Full article: Deep state milieu
The 2016 Washington DC meeting of Le Cercle, a highly secret deep state milieux started in the early 1950s

Deep state milieux, such as the (formerly very secret) Bilderberg group are organs of the deep state, places where deep state operatives can meet up, away from public scrutiny, and make plans. This is not to say that all visitors to such groups are members of, or even cognisant of, deep state operations; such groups also provide a place where potential members can be subject to evaluation — 1897 of the 2924 visitors to the Bilderberg only visited once.

Fluid nature

Power relations between deep politicians remain fluid, so deep states should not be be seen as alternative power structures to the visible organisational structures which they dominate. Relationships between Mafia families offer a suitable parallel, combining an often uneasy cooperation with occasional violent and sudden change. All deep state groups share share a common interest in preventing exposure of the real goings on behind the facade of electoral politics, so even violently opposed factions can cooperate to hide the true nature of deep events.


In 1977, deep state operative Edwin Wilson sold about 20,000 kg of plastic explosives to Libya, together with training in bomb making from US green berets. The report of the 1986 Bilderberg charged that "Libya is the principal sponsor of terrorism. It finances terrorist acts, it trains terrorist groups, it supplies arms, ammunition, passports and other documents to terrorists, and it uses its embassies, so-called peoples' bureaus, as weapons storehouses and sanctuaries for terrorists. Recently, Libya has been escalating its involvement in terrorism."

Deep states are probably dominated by psychopaths and sociopaths. To preserve their power, they must not only stay in the shadows, but frustrate radical and progressive social change. Control of corporate media is essential to the effective operation of the deep state. In the US this is effected through deep state control of the CIA, which has huge influence over big media.[19] With the apparatus of nation states under their control, their subterfuges can be elaborate and complex. Like Mafia families, deep state groups have a common interest in hiding their existence at all costs, leading to cooperation in times of crisis. As a Turkish cartoon put it in 1997 "Deep state protects its own."[20]

Deep Politics

Full article: Deep Politics

"Deep Politics" is a term coined by Peter Dale Scott to describe the activities and issues of importance to the agents of the deep state. These may be only indirectly seen as connected to "politics"; in most countries of the world today, party politics is more or less used as a veneer to obscure the real considerations. In contrast to multiple levels of publicly aired political considerations, deep political motives are sometimes much simpler; Charlotte Denett, for example, suggests that the deep politics of WW1 and WW2 actually centered on control of the Middle East's resources of oil and natural gas.[21]

Deep Events

Full article: Deep Events

Deep Events are the footprints of the deep state. Peter Dale Scott specifies 3 levels:

  1. Low level deep events, typically unnoticed at the time, are discovered only as part of later investigations.
  2. Mid level deep events, typically accompanied by a set of cover stories to obscure their deep political significance.
  3. Structural deep events, rare and ambitious, which to try to change entire societies, sometimes without them even knowing it.

The defining structural deep events of the late 20th century was the JFK Assassination, a coup d'etat that radically changed the US political scene.[22] which the establishment presented it to US citizens as the work of a "lone nut".

The defining structural deep event of the 21st century was the 9/11 attacks, which the perpetual war known as the "War on Terror". Details such as Larry Silverstein's multi-billion dollar windfall and the insider trading are widely known, but evidence is accumulating that these were but minor parts of much larger suite of financial frauds carried out by deep political insiders who capitalised on the opportunity.[23][24]

Cultural references

The second series of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy concludes with the protagonists having finally located the ruler of the universe (a.k.a. the "man in the shack") who makes the real decisions that are ascribed to the President of The Galaxy. The posthumously produced series three of the radio series (produced after Adams' death) diffuses this plot by suggesting that this was a psychotic episode. In the (later) radio adaptation Trillian describes the idea of the secret ruler of the universe as a "conspiracy theory".



Page nameDescription
Ancient Rome/Deep stateThe Ancient Roman Deep State.
Australia/Deep stateThe Australian deep state may be closely controlled from London/Washington, and used as a testground for emerging social control legislation.
Belgium/Deep stateThe Belgian Deep state
Canada/Deep stateThe Canadian Deep state
Denmark/Deep stateThe Danish deep state
Europe/Deep stateAs a highly secretive, long established deep state milieu, Le Cercle, has been active Europe wide in political subversion.
France/Deep stateThe French deep state
Germany/Deep stateThe German deep state was taken over by the US/UK deep state after the German defeat in WW2. A high profile "denazification" hid the high degreeof deep state continuity.
Greece/Deep stateThe Greek deep state
Israel/Deep state
Italy/Deep stateThe Italian deep state, post-WW II, centered on the Operation Gladio network run through NATO and heavily influenced by the CIA and MI6.
Japan/Deep stateThe Japanese deep state was reportedly rebooted by the US deep state after the Japanese defeat in WW2.
Norway/Deep stateThe Norwegian Deep state, which has operated through the Norwegian Shipowners' Association, controls the Nobel Peace Prize.
Poland/Deep stateThe Polish deep state
Romania/Deep stateThe Romanian deep state
Russia/Deep stateThe Russian Deep State.
SDSSince the 1970s, formerly separate deep states have integrated and now routinely conspire to subvert governments and international organisations. The collective effort to cover-up 9/11 saw this emerging supergroup fuse into a single Supranational Deep State, one with direct control over governments, central banks and global trafficking of drugs, weapons, people etc. Its reliance on deception, however, continues to make its long term prospects far from certain.
Serbia/Deep stateThe Serbian deep state
South Africa/Deep stateThe South African deep state was install by the Milner Group and ansewered to London. The group hosted many meetings of Le Cercle and is believed to have carried out assassinations for the Supranational Deep State.
South Korea/Deep stateThe South Korean Deep state was partially exposed after the Korean National Intelligence Service was engaged in vote rigging and using trolls to try to get Park Geun-hye elected.
Spain/Deep stateThe Spanish deep state
Sweden/Deep stateThe Swedish deep state
Turkey/Deep state'Derin devlet' is a deep state network based in Turkey. Repeated indiscretions resulted in its partial exposure, leading to the English phrase 'deep state' to refer to the phenomenon of a 'state-within-a-state or 'shadow government'.
UK/Deep stateThe British empire has long been influenced by various mostly unseen forces. These are being increasingly exposed in the 21st century. After WWI, the UK deep state increasingly came under the influence of the US deep state.


Related Quotations

Salvador Allende“We are faced with forces that operate in the shadows, without a flag, with powerful weapons, positioned in the most varied places of influence....The aggression of the large capitalist companies aims to prevent the emancipation of the people. It represents a direct attack against the economic interests of the workers....We are facing a true frontal conflict between large corporations and states. Their fundamental decisions - political, economic and military - seem to be interfered with by global organizations that do not depend on any state and that, in the sum of their activities, do not respond to or are supervised by any Parliament, by any institution representing the collective interest. In a word, it is the entire political structure of the world that is being undermined.”Salvador AllendeDecember 1972
Euan Grant“I have the responsibility for increasing awareness of Russian, Russian speaking and Russian proxies organised crime links ith [sic.] these countries [sic.] “Deep States” nexus of political, senior bureaucracy, military and military industrial complex, big business and, of course, security and intelligence services. We prefer the term “ strategic organised crime” and believe it is not capable of being adequately deterred by conventional criminal justice procedures.”Euan GrantJune 2018
Michael Parenti“When change threatens to rule, then the rules are changed.”Michael Parenti

Peter Dale Scott2015


Related Documents

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:5 July Seminar; Potential guest list for discussionspooky seminar invitation list26 February 2016Integrity InitiativeSeminar with a mix of media, academics and lots of spooks
Document:American War Machinebook introduction1 November 2010Peter Dale ScottA precis of the entire book, an analysis of the hidden mechanisms behind the exercise of real power in the Western World. The book is a culmination and synthesis of all of the author's earlier work on 'Deep Events' and the 'Deep State. Together with the work of Ola Tunander on the same subjects, it is a highly recommended for anyone seeking more than superficial understanding of the predicament of 21st Century humanity.
Document:Anatomy of the Deep Stateessay21 February 2014Mike LofgrenAn up to date analysis of the deep state in the US from a former insider who does not oppose the official narrative of 9-11.
Document:Counter-Intelligence: Spying Deters Democracyinterview7 July 2014Scott Noble
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Document:Obama’s Humanitarianism as Window-Dressing for the US “Deep State” Agenda - The Case of Syriaarticle18 June 2013Elizabeth Woodworth
Document:The Deep State and 9/11article11 June 2008Peter Dale Scott
Document:The Spectacle of The False Flagbook1 March 2015Eric Wilson
Document:Transnationalised Repression Parafascism and the USarticleSeptember 1986Peter Dale Scott


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  9. A Wordnado of Words in 2013, New York Times, December 21, 2013. Grant Barrett
  10. The 'Deep State' Confronts the Accountability Revolution, 2012 | saved at
  11. Deep State - Inside the government secrecy industry by Mark Ambinder & D. B. Grady admits the existence of a black budget in the USA but makes no mention of False flag attacks and declares "the Kennedy assassination... the shallow end of the insanity pool — a place where otherwise reasonable thinkers can wade in unreasonable ideas... There was no cover-up. There was no conspiracy... But the nature of state secrecy ensures that there will always be conspiracy theorists. Kennedy is but one in a list that grows every day, despite the pesky meddling of the duo of logic and facts." pp.96 - 100
  14. In The Name Of The People
  15. The "Deep State" behind U.S. democracy - Voltaire Network 6 April 2011
  16. The attempts to cover up 9-11 are clear evidence of this
  17. Document:The State, the Deep State, and the Wall Street Overworld
  19. See Operation Mockingbird
  20. Blind Turk Is Going to Jail To Find Freedom, He Says, The first New York Times article to mention the "deep state", from 1997
  21. The Supranational Deep State, 2 hour radio show
  22. Document:The Coup of '63, Part 1
  23. Document:Fifty Years of the Deep State
  24. Document:Collateral Damage 911