In 1948 the United States Congress passed what came to be known as the Smith-Mundt Act. This legislation, in effect, made it illegal for the federal government to engage in outright lies and deception against the American citizenry in order to further an otherwise nefarious agenda. While it is admitted that a certain level of government control is sometimes warranted in order to protect the interests of national security, the Smith-Mundt Act prohibited the federal government from directly falsifying and manipulating the public in order to achieve a desired narrative.

In 2012 congress effectively repealed the Smith-Mundt Act when it authorized the National Defense Authorization Act, commonly known and referred to as the NDAA. One of the amendments within the NDAA sanctions the US government, without restriction, the use of any mode of message to control how we perceive our world. In plain English this means that the government can now use the media to lie to us.

Let's review:

1. It used to be illegal to lie, propagandize and PSYOP the American public
2. That prohibition was removed in 2012 (year of the Sandy Hook incident)

See further:

http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2018/february/12/lifting-of-us-propaganda-ban-gives-new-meaning-to-old-song/

https://phibetaiota.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Fetzer-Obama-Smith-Mundt-Act-Legalized-False-Flag-Lies-1.docx