It's a struggle taking place at the highest levels of power. Coups, counter-coups and a civil war between the elites. And at the center of it all is one of the America's most experienced intelligence operatives.

Yes, there is a nonviolent civil war within Washington, according to Steve Pieczenik, deputy assistant secretary of state under men such as Henry Kissinger and James Baker.

Pieczenik served in the State Department for 20 years. He battled terrorism in the 1970s and, using his training as a psychiatrist, created pioneering tactics and strategies used in hostage situations. He contributed to the success of the Camp David Accords in 1978 by building psychological profiles of the key negotiators.

Since leaving government, he's been a strategic consultant for groups such as the RAND Corporation and the United States Institute of Peace. Most famously, he formed a partnership with author Tom Clancy to co-create the "Op-Center" and "Net-Force" books and eventually authored several books of his own, including the thriller "State of Emergency," which posits a second civil war.

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And now, this consummate insider, one of the most experienced policy makers and crisis managers alive, says a nonviolent civil war is raging within Washington.

"On November 1, 2016, Hillary and Bill Clinton and their entourage of assistants [effected] a civilian coup," he charged.

In contrast to the usual concept of a coup in which the military takes over the government and communication centers, this coup was done silently and effectively through two methods, corruption and co-optation, he claimed

"The Clintons have been involved in co-opting our White House, our judiciary, our CIA, our Federal Bureau of Investigation, our Attorney General Loretta Lynch and our director of the FBI James Comey for some time now," he said. "What they've done is make sure they're part of a group of people that are interrelated through political cronyism."

However, Pieczenik said intelligence operatives and staff officials in various government agencies have formed a force to counter the "Clinton coup."

The alliance, he claims, is what is behind increasing efforts by both independent journalists and law enforcement officials to put more pressure on the woman Donald Trump has dubbed "Crooked Hillary."

"In order to stop this coup, we in the intelligence community and others involved have informally gotten together," he announced. "And with their permission, I am permitted to announce we are initiating a counter-coup through Julian Assange and Wikileaks."

According to Pieczenik, this alliance of intelligence operative and government officials has fired a shot across the bow of the Obama administration, essentially putting its officials on notice about the sheer amount of evidence in their possession.

"What is happening in effect is when Comey had to open the case against Hillary Clinton and discuss the emails involved with the Anthony Wiener case, it was not the case involved that was important as it was the fact that this was the 'entrée' for many of us in the counter-coup to say, 'we have your number,'" he said.

"Not only do we have your number, we're going to stop you from making Hillary the president of the United States. And at the same time, we will convict and indict the president of the Untied States, Loretta Lynch and many others who are involved in the cover-up of the massive corruption that occurred under the Clinton Foundation," he said.

Pieczenik said a large number of operatives are involved.

"I am just a small part of something far bigger than myself," he claimed. "It was the brave men and women who were in the FBI, the CIA, the director of intelligence, the military intelligence and men and women in 15 other intelligence organizations who are sick and tired of seeing this corruption in the White House in the Justice Department and in the intelligence system. And we decided that there was something we had to do to save the republic.

"We're going through a major transition and, frankly, a second American Revolution."

Michele Bachmann, who served on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence during her time in Congress, said the motives for a potential coup by insiders are clear.

"The lawlessness in Obama's obvious government directed coverup of Hillary Clinton's national security betrayals, coupled with her rank selling of government favors through the office of Secretary of State, are so egregious that government insiders see the Obama/Clinton actions as a stealing of America," she told WND. "These paid law enforcers, if true, see themselves as the true patriots trying to hold on to the mere threads left of our once majestic constitutional republic.

"These worthless Oval Office grifters, the Clintons and Obamas, have overplayed their hands and the American people have taken notice. Short of massive voter fraud, and the 50,000 rigged, non-certified George Soros voting machines, Trump will prevail on Tuesday," she said.

Pieczenik did not identify forces within the government who are part of the alliance, but reports from media outlets such as the London Guardian claim a large number of FBI agents are pro-Trump and are angered at what they believe is Hillary Clinton's corruption.

Julian Assange is also denying the leaked emails from Clinton campaign manager John Podesta come from the Russian government, suggesting that forces within the American government are responsible for the leaks.

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In a more recent video, Pieczenik suggests a sexual scandal involving Bill and Hillary Clinton is about to break. He even implied the Clintons would be accused of pedophilia.

"Not all the information has come out with regard to Wiener and his sexting to a 15 year old in North Carolina," said Pieczenik. "The real issue underlying a lot of Bill Clinton's nefarious activities as well as Hillary's sexual activities is the fact that we know that both of them have been a major participant in what is called the 'Lolita Express.' This is the plane owned by Mr. Jeff Epstein, a wealthy multimillionaire who flies down to the Bahamas and allows Bill and Hillary to engage in sex with minors. That is called pedophilia. And as a result of the excellent work the New York Police Department does in tracking pedophiliacs, they also have a record of both Hillary, Bill, and other people associated with the Clintons with regard to pedophilia."

Bill Clinton's long-established friendship with Epstein, a well-connected financier and sex offender, has included multiple trips to Epstein's private island. Pieczenik alleged both Bill and Hillary Clinton took these trips for the purposes of engaging in sexual acts with minors.

Unconfirmed reports suggest the New York Police Department has found evidence of such misdeeds in the newly located emails that restarted the investigation.

On Thursday, Blackwater founder and former Navy SEAL Erik Prince alleged the NYPD was preparing to host a press conference to announce imminent arrests, but is receiving pushback from the Justice Department.

However, there have been no confirmed reports of any such evidence actually being found besides anonymous sources.

Pieczenik also said his alliance of intelligence operatives is "targeting" Huma Abedin, whom he believes could be an agent of Saudi Arabia. As Pieczenik explained, there are many unanswered questions about Abedin and how she has risen to become Hillary Clinton's closest aide and the central figure in the email scandal.

"She was born here in the United States, left after two years, went back to Saudi Arabia," Pieczenik said. "The family is prominent, wealthy. The real question is, how did she come back in 1996, get to the top of the political ladder, and become an assistant to Hillary Clinton when, in fact, her connections, including her mother, her brother, and others are very much tied in with the Wahhabis in the Saudi Arabian government? The answer from my perspective, and possibly from those who I work with, is that she's very much an agent of influence and possibly an agent and an operator on behalf of Saudi Arabia.

"She's been here for a long time. And the question is, who gave her the top-secret clearance so that she could have received that information after only having been here two years after 1996?"

WND has reported extensively on Abedin's ties to terrorists and even funders of Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.

According to Pieczenik, the Saudis have skillfully managed to insert their agents into the American foreign policy apparatus. Huma Abedin, he suggested, is just the latest success for them.

"Saudi Arabia has had a major influence in our government since the Clintons, the Bush seniors, the Bush juniors and now Hillary," he said. "They wanted to make sure they have someone very close to the hand of power. And I've got to say, as a counter-intelligence agent, they've done a very good job."

With Wikileaks releasing new information every day and the FBI’s investigation continuing, any one of these stories could break through at any moment, said Pieczenik. He said some intelligence operatives and law enforcement officials want Hillary Clinton not only to be charged with obstruction of justice or lying under oath, but under RICO, a legal tool that punishes acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization.

He claimed a prosecutor will step forward to charge her "whether she will be in the White House or not."

Pieczenik even went so far as to say the election is being rigged, and he urged Trump not to accept the results if he loses, arguing the "intelligence community" will similarly reject them.

Ultimately, Pieczenik credited Trump with inspiring this new American revolution and the sudden resistance to the corruption of the Clintons.

"What's been activated has really been an American revolution through the words of Donald Trump," he said. "He may or may not know the specifics, but that's not as important as how he brought up the anger that the American people feel."

And the veteran operative said the struggle will go on regardless of what happens on Election Day.

"If she [Hillary Clinton] does not stand down, this will continue as revolution, hopefully civil, hopefully without violence."

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