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SUBJECT: <ent type='ORG'>FEMA GULAG</ent>
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SECRET CONCENTRATION CAMPS
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The September issue of <ent type='ORG'>THE OSTRICH</ent> reprinted a story from the
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<ent type='ORG'>CBA</ent> BULLETIN which listed the following principal civilian concentration camps established in <ent type='ORG'>GULAG USA</ent> under the =<ent type='ORG'>Rex</ent> '84= program:
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Ft. Chaffee, <ent type='GPE'>Arkansas</ent>; Ft. Drum, <ent type='ORG'>New York</ent>; Ft. <ent type='NORP'>Indian</ent> Gap, <ent type='GPE'>Pennsylvania</ent>; Camp A. P. Hill, <ent type='GPE'>Virginia</ent>; <ent type='GPE'>Oakdale</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>California</ent>; Eglin
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Air Force Base, <ent type='GPE'>Florida</ent>; Vendenberg AFB, <ent type='GPE'>California</ent>; Ft. Mc Coy,
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<ent type='GPE'>Wisconsin</ent>; Ft. Benning, <ent type='GPE'>Georgia</ent>; Ft. <ent type='GPE'>Huachuca</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Arizona</ent>; Camp
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Krome, <ent type='GPE'>Florida</ent>. The February OSTRICH printed a map of the expanding
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<ent type='ORG'>Gulag</ent>. <ent type='GPE'>Alhough</ent> this listing and map stirred considerable interest,
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the report was not new. For at least 20 years, knowledgeable <ent type='ORG'>Patriots</ent>
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have been warning of these sinister plots to incarcerate dissidents
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opposing plans of the =Elitist Syndicate= for a totalitarian
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=<ent type='EVENT'>New World</ent> Order=. Indeed, the plot was recognized with the insidious
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encroachment of "regionalism" back in the 1960's. As early as 1968,
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the "greatest land steal in history" leading to global corporate
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socialism, was in a ="Master Land Plan"= for <ent type='GPE'>the United</ent> States
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by =<ent type='ORG'>Executive</ent> Orders= involving water resource regions,
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population movement and control, pollution control, zoning
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and land use, navigation and environmental bills, etc. Indeed,
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the real undercover aim of the so-called "Environmental Rennaissance"
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has been the abolition of private property.
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All prelude to the total grab of the =<ent type='ORG'>World Conservation Bank</ent>=,
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as <ent type='ORG'>THE OSTRICH</ent> has been reporting. The map on this page and
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the list of executive orders available for imposition of an "emergency"
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are from 1970s files of the late Gen. =P. A. <ent type='ORG'>Del Valle</ent>'s= <ent type='ORG'>ALERT</ent>,
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sent us by =<ent type='PERSON'>Merritt Newby</ent>=, editor of the now defunct AMERICAN
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CHALLENGE.
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=Wake up <ent type='NORP'>Americans</ent>!= The <ent type='PERSON'>Bushoviks</ent> have approved =Gorbachev's=
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imposition of "Emergency" to suppress unrest. =<ent type='PERSON'>Henry Kissinger</ent>=
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and his clients hardly missed a day's profits in their deals with
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the butchers of Tiananmen <ent type='PERSON'>Sqaure</ent>. Are you next?
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SUBJECT: <ent type='ORG'>Executive</ent> Orders
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APPLICABLE EXECUTIVE ORDERS
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The following =<ent type='ORG'>Executive</ent> Orders=, now recorded in the Federal
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Register, and therefore accepted by <ent type='ORG'>Congress</ent> as the law of the
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land, can be put into effect at any time an emergency is declared:
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10995--All communications media seized by <ent type='ORG'>the Federal Government</ent>.
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10997--Seizure of all electrical power, fuels, including
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gasoline and minerals.
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10998--Seizure of all food resources, farms and farm equipment.
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10999--Seizure of all kinds of transportation, including your
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personal car, and control of all highways and seaports.
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11000--Seizure of all civilians for work under Federal supervision.
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11001--Federal takeover of all health, education and welfare.
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11002--Postmaster General empowered to register every man, woman
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and child in the U.S.A.
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11003--Seizure of all aircraft and airports by the Federal
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Government.
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11004--Housing and Finance authority may shift population from
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one locality to another. <ent type='ORG'>Complete</ent> integration.
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11005--Seizure of railroads, inland waterways, and storage facilities.
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11051--The Director of <ent type='ORG'>the Office</ent> of Emergency Planning authorized
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to put <ent type='ORG'>Executive</ent> Orders into effect in "times of increased
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international tension or financial crisis". He is also to
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perform such additional functions as the President
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may direct.
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A Dangerous Fact Not Generally Known
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS GROSSLY AND FLAGRANTLY VIOLATE ARTICLE
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4 SECTION 4 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF <ent type='GPE'>THE UNITED STATES</ent>. "THE
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UNITED STATES SHALL GUARANTEE TO EVERY STATE IN THIS UNION A
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REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT, AND SHALL PROTECT EACH OF THEM
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AGAINST INVASION; AND ON APPLICATION OF THE LEGISLATURE, OR OF THE
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EXECUTIVE (WHEN THE LEGISLATURE CANNOT BE CONVENED) AGAINST
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE." "REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT A REPRESENTATIVE
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REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT!"
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When Government gets out of hand and can no longer be controlled
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by the people, short of violent overthrow as in 1776, there are
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two sources of power which are used by the dictatorial government
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to keep the people in line: <ent type='ORG'>the Police Power</ent> and <ent type='ORG'>the Power</ent> of the
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Purse (through which the necessities of life can be withheld).
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And both of these powers are no longer balanced between the three
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Federal Branches, and between the Federal and the State and
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local Governments. These powers have been taken over, with the
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permission of <ent type='ORG'>the Federal Legislature</ent> and the State Governments,
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by <ent type='ORG'>the Executive Branch</ent> of <ent type='ORG'>the Federal Government</ent> and all attempts
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to reclaim that lost power have been defeated.
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Stated simply: the dictatorial power of the <ent type='ORG'>Executive</ent> rests primarily
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on three basis: <ent type='ORG'>Executive</ent> Order 11490, <ent type='ORG'>Executive</ent> Order 11647, and
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<ent type='ORG'>the Planning</ent>, Programming, Budgeting System which is operated
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through the new and all-powerful Office of Management and
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Budget.
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E. O. 11490 is a compilation of some 23 previous <ent type='ORG'>Executive</ent> Orders,
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signed by <ent type='PERSON'>Nixon</ent> on Oct. 28, 1969, and outlining emergency functions
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which are to be performed by some 28 <ent type='ORG'>Executive</ent> Departments and
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Agencies whenever the President of <ent type='GPE'>the United</ent> States declares
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a national emergency (as in defiance of an impeachment edict,
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for example). Under the terms of E. O. 11490, the President
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can declare that a national emergency exists and the <ent type='ORG'>Executive</ent>
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Branch can:
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* Take over all communications media
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* Seize all sources of power
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* Take charge of all food resources
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* Control all highways and seaports
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* Seize all railroads, inland waterways, airports, storage facilities
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* Commandeer all civilians to work under federal supervision
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* Control all activities relating to health, education, and welfare
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* Shift any segment of the population from one locality to another
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* Take over farms, ranches, timberized properties
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* Regulate the amount of your own money you may withdraw from
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your bank, or savings and loan institution
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All of these and many more items are listed in 32 pages incorporating
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nearly 200000 words, providing and absolute bureaucratic
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dictatorship whenever the President gives the word.
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--> <ent type='ORG'>Executive</ent> Order 11647 provides the regional and local mechanisms
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--> and manpower for carrying out the provisions of E. O. 11490.
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--> Signed by Richard <ent type='PERSON'>Nixon</ent> on Feb. 10, 1972, this Order sets up Ten
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--> <ent type='ORG'>Federal Regional Councils</ent> to govern <ent type='ORG'>Ten Federal Regions</ent> made up
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--> of the fifty still existing States of the Union.
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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<ent type='PERSON'>Don sez</ent>:
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*Check out this book for the inside scoop on the "secret" Constitution.*
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SUBJECT: - "The Proposed Constitutional Model" Pages 595-621
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Book Title - The Emerging Constitution
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Author - <ent type='ORG'>Rex</ent>ford G. Tugwell
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Publisher - <ent type='ORG'>Harpers Magazine</ent> Press,<ent type='PERSON'>Harper</ent> and Row
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Dewey Decimal - 342.73 T915E
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ISBN - 0-06-128225-10
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Note Chapter 14
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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The 10 <ent type='ORG'>Federal Regions</ent>
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REGION I: Connecticut, <ent type='GPE'>Massachusetts</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>New Hampshire</ent>, Rhode
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Island, <ent type='GPE'>Vermont</ent>.
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Regional Capitol: <ent type='GPE'>Boston</ent>
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REGION II: <ent type='ORG'>New York</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>New Jersey</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Puerto Rico</ent>, Virgin Island.
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Regional Capitol: <ent type='GPE'>New York City</ent>
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REGION III: <ent type='GPE'>Delaware</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Maryland</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Pennsylvania</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Virginia</ent>, West
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<ent type='GPE'>Virginia</ent>, District of <ent type='GPE'>Columbia</ent>.
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Regional Capitol: <ent type='GPE'>Philadelphia</ent>
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REGION IV: <ent type='GPE'>Alabama</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Florida</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Georgia</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Kentucky</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Mississippi</ent>,
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<ent type='PERSON'>North</ent> Carolina, <ent type='GPE'>Tennessee</ent>.
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Regional Capitol: <ent type='GPE'>Atlanta</ent>
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REGION V: <ent type='GPE'>Illinois</ent>, <ent type='NORP'>Indian</ent>a, <ent type='GPE'>Michigan</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Minnesota</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Ohio</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Wisconsin</ent>.
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Regional Capitol: <ent type='GPE'>Chicago</ent>
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REGION VI: <ent type='GPE'>Arkansas</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Louisiana</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>New Mexico</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Oklahoma</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Texas</ent>.
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Regional Capitol: <ent type='GPE'>Dallas</ent>-<ent type='GPE'>Fort Worth</ent>
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REGION VII: <ent type='GPE'>Iowa</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Kansas</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Missouri</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Nebraska</ent>.
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Regional Capitol: <ent type='GPE'>Kansas</ent> City
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REGION VIII: <ent type='GPE'>Colorado</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Montana</ent>, <ent type='PERSON'>North</ent> Dakota, <ent type='GPE'>South Dakota</ent>,
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<ent type='GPE'>Utah</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Wyoming</ent>.
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Regional Capitol: <ent type='GPE'>Denver</ent>
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REGION IX: <ent type='GPE'>Arizona</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>California</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Hawaii</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Nevada</ent>.
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Regional Capitol: <ent type='GPE'>San Fransisco</ent>
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REGION X: <ent type='GPE'>Alaska</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Oregon</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Washington</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Idaho</ent>.
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Regional Capitol: Seattle
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Supplementing these Then Regions, each of the States is, or is to
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be, divided into subregions, so that Federal <ent type='ORG'>Executive</ent> control
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is provided over every community.
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Then, controlling the bedgeting and the programming at every
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level is that politico-economic system known as <ent type='ORG'>PPBS</ent>.
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The President need not wait for some emergency such as an impeachment
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ouster. He can declare a National Emergency at any time, and freeze
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everything, just as he has already frozen wages and prices. And
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the <ent type='ORG'>Congress</ent>, and the States, are powerless to prevent such an
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<ent type='ORG'>Executive</ent> Dictatorship, unless <ent type='ORG'>Congress</ent> moves to revoke these
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extraordinary powers before the Chief <ent type='ORG'>Executive</ent> moves to invoke
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them.
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THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS GROSSLY AND FLAGRANTLY VIOLATE THE INTENT AND
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PURPOSE OF ARTICLE 4 SECTION 3. THERE IS NO PROVISION IN THIS
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SECTION OR THE CONSTITUTION OF <ent type='GPE'>THE UNITED STATES</ent> FOR FORMING A
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REGIONAL STATE OUT OF A GROUP OF STATES! FURTHER, THESE EXECUTIVE
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ORDERS GROSSLY AND FLAGRANTLY VIOLATE THE 9TH AND 10TH
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AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION!
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By Proclaiming and Putting Into Effect <ent type='ORG'>Executive</ent> Order No. 11490,
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the President would put <ent type='GPE'>the United</ent> States under TOTAL MARTIAL LAW
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AND MILITARY <ent type='ORG'>DICTATORSHIP</ent>! The Guns Of The <ent type='GPE'>America</ent>n People Would
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Be Forcibly Taken!
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<ent type='ORG'>Bushie</ent>-Tail used <ent type='EVENT'>the Gulf War Show</ent> to greatly expand the powers of the
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presidency. During this shell game event, the <ent type='ORG'>Executive</ent> Orders signed
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into "law" continued Bushie's methodical and detailed program to bury
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any residual traces of the constitutional rights and protections of U.S.
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citizens. The Bill of Rights--[almost too late to] use 'em or lose 'em:
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|| The record of Bush's fast and loose approach to ||
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From "Covert Action Information Bulletin," Number 37, Summer, 1991 (see
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bottom 2 pages for subscription & back issues info on this quarterly):
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<ent type='ORG'>Domestic Consequences</ent> of <ent type='EVENT'>the Gulf War</ent>
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Diana <ent type='PERSON'>Reynolds</ent>
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Reprinted with permission of <ent type='ORG'>CAIB</ent>. Copyright 1991
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Diana <ent type='PERSON'>Reynolds</ent> is a Research Associate at the Edward R. <ent type='ORG'>Murrow Center</ent>,
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<ent type='ORG'>Fletcher School for Public Policy</ent>, <ent type='ORG'>Tufts University</ent>. She is also an
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Assistant Professor of Politics at <ent type='ORG'>Broadford College</ent> and a Lecturer at
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<ent type='ORG'>Merrimack College</ent>.
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A war, even the most victorious, is a national misfortune.
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--<ent type='PERSON'>Helmuth Von Moltke</ent>, <ent type='NORP'>Prussian</ent> field marshall
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George <ent type='PERSON'>Bush</ent> put <ent type='GPE'>the United</ent> States on the road to its second war in
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two years by declaring a national emergency on August 21990. In
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response to Iraq's invasion of <ent type='GPE'>Kuwait</ent>, <ent type='PERSON'>Bush</ent> issued two <ent type='ORG'>Executive</ent>
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Orders (12722 and 12723) which restricted trade and travel with <ent type='GPE'>Iraq</ent>
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and froze <ent type='GPE'>Iraq</ent>i and <ent type='GPE'>Kuwait</ent>i assets within the U.S. and those in the
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possession of U.S. persons abroad. At least 15 other executive orders
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followed these initial restrictions and enabled the President to
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mobilize the country's human and productive resources for war. Under
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the national emergency, <ent type='PERSON'>Bush</ent> was able unilaterally to break his 1991
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budget agreement with <ent type='ORG'>Congress</ent> which had frozen defense spending, to
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entrench further the U.S. economy in the mire of the military-industrial complex, to override environmental protection regulations,
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and to make free enterprise and civil liberties conditional upon an
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executive determination of national security interests.
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The State of Emergency
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In time of war a president's power derives from both constitutional
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and statutory sources. Under Article II, Section 2 of the
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Constitution, he is Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. Although
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<ent type='ORG'>Congress</ent> alone retains the right to declare war, this power has become
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increasingly meaningless in the face of a succession of unilateral
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decisions by the executive to mount invasions.
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The president's statutory authority, granted by <ent type='ORG'>Congress</ent> and
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expanded by it under the 1988 National Emergencies Act (50 <ent type='ORG'>USC</ent> sec.
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1601), confers special powers in time of war or national emergency.
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He can invoke those special powers simply by declaring a national
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emergency. First, however, he must specify the legal provisions under
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which he proposes that he, or other officers, will act. <ent type='ORG'>Congress</ent> may
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end a national emergency by enacting a joint resolution. Once invoked
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by the president, emergency powers are directed by the National
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Security Council and administered, where appropriate, under the
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general umbrella of <ent type='ORG'>the Federal Emergency Management Agency</ent> (<ent type='ORG'>FEMA</ent>).[1]
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There is no requirement that <ent type='ORG'>Congress</ent> be consulted before an emergency
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is declared or findings signed. The only restriction on <ent type='PERSON'>Bush</ent> is that
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he must inform <ent type='ORG'>Congress</ent> in a "timely" fashion--he being the sole
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arbiter of timeliness.
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Ultimately, the president's perception of the severity of a
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particular threat to national security and the integrity of his
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appointed officers determine the nature of any state of emergency.
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For this reason, those who were aware of the modern development of
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presidential emergency powers were apprehensive about the domestic
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ramifications of any national emergency declared by George <ent type='PERSON'>Bush</ent>. In
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light of Bush's record (see "<ent type='PERSON'>Bush</ent> Chips Away at Constitution" Box
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below) and present performance, their fears appear well-founded.
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<ent type='EVENT'>The War</ent> at Home
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It is too early to know all of the emergency powers, executive
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orders and findings issued under classified National Security
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Directives[2] implemented by <ent type='PERSON'>Bush</ent> in the name of <ent type='EVENT'>the Gulf War</ent>. In
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addition to the emergency powers necessary to the direct mobilization
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of active and reserve armed forces of <ent type='GPE'>the United</ent> States, there are
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some 120 additional emergency powers that can be used in a national
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emergency or state of war (declared or undeclared by <ent type='ORG'>Congress</ent>). The
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"<ent type='ORG'>Federal Register</ent>" records some 15 <ent type='ORG'>Executive</ent> Orders (EO) signed by
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<ent type='PERSON'>Bush</ent> from August 21990 to February 141991. (See "Bush's <ent type='ORG'>Executive</ent>
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Orders" box, below)
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It may take many years before most of the executive findings and
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use of powers come to light, if indeed they ever do. But evidence is
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emerging that at least some of Bush's emergency powers were activated
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in secret. Although only five of the 15 EOs that were published were
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directed at non-military personnel, the costs directly attributable to
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the exercise of the authorities conferred by the declaration of
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national emergency from August 2, 1990 to February 1, 1991 for non-military activities are estimated at approximately $1.3 billion.
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According to a February 11, 1991 letter from <ent type='PERSON'>Bush</ent> to congressional
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leaders reporting on the "<ent type='ORG'>National Emergency With Respect</ent> to <ent type='GPE'>Iraq</ent>,"
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these costs represent wage and salary costs for <ent type='ORG'>the Departments</ent> of
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Treasury, State, Agriculture, and Transportation, U.S. Customs,
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<ent type='ORG'>Federal Reserve Board</ent>, and <ent type='ORG'>the National Security Council</ent>.[3]
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The fact that $1.3 billion was spent in non-military salaries alone
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in this six month period suggests an unusual amount of government
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resources utilized to direct the national emergency state. In
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contrast, government salaries for one year of the state of emergency
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with <ent type='GPE'>Iran</ent>[4] cost only $430000.
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| <ent type='PERSON'>Bush</ent> Chips Away at Constitution
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| George <ent type='PERSON'>Bush</ent>, perhaps more than any other individual in
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U.S. history, has expanded the emergency powers of
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presidency. In 1976, as Director of <ent type='ORG'>Central Intelligence</ent>,
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he convened Team B, a group of rabidly anti-communist
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intellectuals and former government officials to reevaluate
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<ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> inhouse intelligence estimates on <ent type='NORP'>Soviet</ent> military
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strength. The resulting report recommended draconian civil
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defense measures which led to President Ford's <ent type='ORG'>Executive</ent>
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Order 11921 authorizing plans to establish government
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control of the means of production, distribution, energy
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sources, wages and salaries, credit and the flow of money
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in U.S. financial institutions in a national emergency.[1]
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As Vice President, <ent type='PERSON'>Bush</ent> headed <ent type='ORG'>the Task Force</ent> on
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Combatting Terrorism, that recommended: extended and
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flexible emergency presidential powers to combat terrorism;
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restrictions on congressional oversight in counter-terrorist planning; and curbing press coverage of
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terrorist incidents.[2] The report gave rise to <ent type='ORG'>the Anti</ent>-Terrorism Act of 1986, that granted the President clear-cut
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authority to respond to terrorism with all appropriate
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means including deadly force. It authorized the
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Immigration and Naturalization Service to control and
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remove not only alien terrorists but potential terrorist
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aliens and those "who are likely to be supportive of
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terrorist activity within the U.S."[3] The bill superceded
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the War Powers Act by imposing no time limit on the
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President's use of force in a terrorist situation, and
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lifted the requirement that the President consult <ent type='ORG'>Congress</ent>
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before sanctioning deadly force.
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From 1982 to 1988, <ent type='PERSON'>Bush</ent> led the Defense Mobilization
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Planning Systems <ent type='ORG'>Agency</ent> (<ent type='ORG'>DMPSA</ent>), a secret government
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organization, and spent more than $3 billion upgrading
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command, control, and communications in FEMA's continuity
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of government infrastructures. Continuity of Government
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(<ent type='ORG'>COG</ent>) was ostensibly created to assure government
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functioning during war, especially nuclear war. The <ent type='ORG'>Agency</ent>
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was so secret that even many members of the <ent type='ORG'>Pentagon</ent> were
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unaware of its existence and most of its work was done
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without congressional oversight.
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Project 908, as the <ent type='ORG'>DMPSA</ent> was sometimes called, was
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similar to its parent agency <ent type='ORG'>FEMA</ent> in that it came under
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investigation for mismanagement and contract
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irregularities.[4] During this same period, <ent type='ORG'>FEMA</ent> had been
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fraught with scandals including emergency planning with a
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distinctly anti-constitutional flavor. The agency would
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have sidestepped <ent type='ORG'>Congress</ent> and other federal agencies and
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put the President and <ent type='ORG'>FEMA</ent> directly in charge of the U.S.
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planning for martial rule. Under this state, the executive
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would take upon itself powers far beyond those necessary to
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address national emergency contingencies.[5]
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Bush's "anything goes" anti-drug strategy, announced
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on September 6, 1989, suggested that executive emergency
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powers be used: to oust those suspected of associating
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with drug users or sellers from public and private housing;
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to mobilize <ent type='ORG'>the National Guard</ent> and U.S. military to fight
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drugs in the continental U.S.; to confiscate private
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property belonging to drug users, and to incarcerate first
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time offenders in work camps.[6]
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The record of Bush's fast and loose approach to
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constitutionally guaranteed civil rights is a history of
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the erosion of liberty and the consolidation of an imperial
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executive.
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| 1. <ent type='ORG'>Executive</ent> Order 11921, "Emergency preparedness Functions,
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June 11, 1976. <ent type='ORG'>Federal Register</ent>, vol. 41, no. 116. The
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report was attacked by such notables as <ent type='PERSON'>Ray Cline</ent>, the
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CIA's former Deputy Director, retired <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> intelligence
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|
analyst <ent type='PERSON'>Arthur Macy Cox</ent>, and the former head of the U.S.
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Arms Control and Disarmament <ent type='ORG'>Agency</ent>, <ent type='PERSON'>Paul Warnke</ent> for
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blatantly manipulating <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> intelligence to achieve the
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political ends of Team B's rightwing members. See <ent type='PERSON'>Cline</ent>,
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quoted in "<ent type='PERSON'>Carter</ent> to Inherit Intense Dispute on <ent type='NORP'>Soviet</ent>
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|
Intentions," <ent type='PERSON'>Mary Marder</ent>, "<ent type='GPE'>Washington</ent> Post," January 2,
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1977; <ent type='PERSON'>Arthur Macy Cox</ent>, "Why the U.S. Since 1977 Has
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|
Been Mis-perceiving <ent type='NORP'>Soviet</ent> Military Strength," "<ent type='ORG'>New York</ent>
|
|
Times," October 20, 1980; <ent type='PERSON'>Paul Warnke</ent>, "George <ent type='PERSON'>Bush</ent> and
|
|
Team B," "<ent type='ORG'>New York</ent> Times," September 24, 1988.
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| 2. George <ent type='PERSON'>Bush</ent>, "Public Report of the Vice President's Task
|
|
Force On Combatting Terrorism" (<ent type='GPE'>Washington</ent>, D.C.: U.S.
|
|
Government Printing Office), February 1986.
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| 3. Robert J. Walsh, Assistant Commissioner, Investigations
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|
Division, Immigration and Naturalization Service, "Alien
|
|
Border Control Committee" (<ent type='GPE'>Washington</ent>, DC), October 1,
|
|
1988.
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| 4. <ent type='PERSON'>Steven Emerson</ent>, "America's Doomsday Project," "U.S. News
|
|
& World Report," August 7, 1989.
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| 5. See: Diana <ent type='PERSON'>Reynolds</ent>, "<ent type='ORG'>FEMA</ent> and the <ent type='ORG'>NSC</ent>: <ent type='ORG'>The Rise</ent> of the
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|
National Security State," "<ent type='ORG'>CAIB</ent>," Number 33 (Winter 1990);
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|
<ent type='PERSON'>Keenan Peck</ent>, "The Take-Charge Gang," "The Progressive,"
|
|
May 1985; <ent type='PERSON'>Jack Anderson</ent>, "<ent type='ORG'>FEMA</ent> Wants to Lead Economic
|
|
War," "<ent type='GPE'>Washington</ent> Post," January 10, 1985.
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| 6. These Presidential powers were authorized by <ent type='ORG'>the Anti</ent>-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, Public Law 100-690: 100th
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|
<ent type='ORG'>Congress</ent>. See also: Diana <ent type='PERSON'>Reynolds</ent>, "The Golden Lie,"
|
|
"The Humanist," September/October 1990; <ent type='PERSON'>Michael Isikoff</ent>,
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|
"Is This Determination or Using a <ent type='PERSON'>Howitzer</ent> to Kill a
|
|
Fly?" "<ent type='GPE'>Washington</ent> Post National Weekly," August 27-,
|
|
September 2, 1990; <ent type='PERSON'>Bernard Weintraub</ent>, "<ent type='PERSON'>Bush</ent> Considers
|
|
Calling Guard To Fight Drug Violence in Capital," "New
|
|
York Times," March 21, 1989.
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