Most of it is public as well. Bush was working for the CIA and in Dallas when JFK was shot. He was in on the plot, it isn't a far stretch to say that he pulled the same ploy with Reagan.

What Putin has done? I have no idea, but if demonizing the KGB is good, then we have to look at the CIA which has been openly involved in overthrowing countries, assassinating leaders, abroad as well as here.

Yeah, we would never screw our own citizens over... How many Jan 6th protesters are still in jail - with no trial - for taking a guided tour of the capital?

Yeah, we would never become a police state.