I want you to imagine a country similar to the United States in nearly every conceivable way, except this nation is on the verge of a crisis point.

Immagine if: For the past year the news media, in this make-believe land, had absolutely failed to do its job. Wreckless reporting and confirmation bias had prevented journalists from seeking truth and securing accountability for those in power.

Immagine if: Working in the NOT United States Congress were six Pakistani intelligence agents who were collecting data and illegally stealing intelligence from the electronic devices of congressional members and their staffers.

Imagine if: When these six individuals were found out and an investigation began they fled back to Pakistan but remained on the payroll under Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Hypothetically, if this situation were true, you could say this country (that is in no way the United States) had been spied on and paid the spies to do it. This obviously would be a very big deal. If the people found this out they would understandably want to know how such a thing could ever occur, who knew that it was going on, and who allowed it to continue.