Everything is interconnected -- nothing exists in a vacuum.

And here seems to be one common thread to almost all of it... even though there is no evidence (yet) that this is the case:

Does the CIA have their hands in this?

I wouldn't be surprised in the least for all kinds of reasons.

Like 9/11, people are getting just a little bit too uppity. Time for a security state equalizer.

If so, you heard it here first.