Excerpt: “The real power has shifted to other groups, impervious to elections, beyond the control of Congress and, by extension, the American people. One of those groups, Silicon Valley, has become enormously powerful because of its impact on the economy, social habits, and the very meaning of privacy.”

Lofgren, Mike. (2016). The Deep State: The Fall of the Constitution and the Rise of a Shadow Government. New York: Penguin Random House LLC.