Executive Orders in Place to Grant total power to Bush

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Bush could seize absolute control of U.S. government

 

President George W. Bush has signed executive orders giving him sole

authority to impose martial law, suspend habeas corpus and ignore the

Posse Comitatus Act that prohibits deployment of U.S. troops on

American streets. This would give him absolute dictatorial power over

the government with no checks and balances.

 

 

 

From Capitol Hill Blue

The Rant

Bush could seize absolute control of U.S. government

By DOUG THOMPSON

 

 

 

 

http://prisonplanet.com/articles/january2006/140106absolutecontrol.htm

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/printer_7986.shtml

 

 

 

President George W. Bush has signed executive orders giving him sole

authority to impose martial law, suspend habeas corpus and ignore the

Posse Comitatus Act that prohibits deployment of U.S. troops on

American streets. This would give him absolute dictatorial power over

the government with no checks and balances.

 

Bush discussed imposing martial law on American streets in the

aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by activating " national

security initiatives?put in place by Ronald Reagan during the 1980s.

 

These " national security initiatives, " hatched in 1982 by

controversial Marine Colonel Oliver North, later one of the key

players in the Iran-Contra Scandal, charged the Federal Emergency

Management Agency with administering executive orders that allowed

suspension of the Constitution, implementation of martial law,

establishment of internment camps, and the turning the government over

to the President.

 

 

John Brinkerhoff, deputy director of FEMA, developed the martial law

implementation plan, following a template originally developed by

former FEMA director Louis Guiffrida to battle a " national uprising of

black militants.?Gifuffrida's implementation of martial law called for

jailing at least 21 million African Americans in " relocation

camps.?amp;nbsp; Brinkerhoff later admitted in an interview with the

Miami Herald that President Reagan signed off on the initiatives and

they remained in place, dormant, until George W. Bush took office.

 

Brinkerhoff moved on the Anser Institute for Homeland Security and,

following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, provided the Bush White House

and the Pentagon with talking points supporting revised " national

security initiatives?that would could allow imposition of martial law

and suspension of the Posse Comitatus Act of 1978, the law that is

supposed to forbid use of troops for domestic law enforcement.

 

Brinkerhoff wrote that intentions of Posse Comitatus are

" misunderstood and misapplied?and that the U.S. has in times of

national emergency the " full and absolute authority?to send troops

into American streets to " enforce order and maintain the peace.

 

 

Bush used parts of the plan to send troops into the streets of New

Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. In addition, FEMA hired former

special forces personnel from the mercenary firm Blackwater USA to

" enforce security.

 

Blackwater USA, in its promotional materials, describes itself as " the

most comprehensive professional military, law enforcement, security,

peacekeeping, and stability operations company in the world,?adding

that " we have established a global presence and provide training and

operational solutions for the 21st century in support of security and

peace, and freedom and democracy everywhere.

 

Blackwater is also a major U.S. contractor in Iraq and has a contract

with the Bush White House to provide additional security work " on an

as-needed basis.

 

 

The Department of Homeland Security established the " Northern Command

for National Defense, a wide-ranging program that includes FEMA, the

Pentagon, the FBI and the National Security Agency. Executive orders

already signed by Bush allow the Northern Command to send troops into

American streets, seize control of radio and television stations and

networks and impose martial law " in times of national emergency.

 

 

The authority to declare what is or is not a national emergency rests

entirely with Bush who does not have to either consult or seek the

approval of Congress for permission to assume absolute control over

the government of the United States.

 

The White House press office would neither confirm nor deny existence

of Bush's executive orders or the existence of the Northern Command

for National Defense. Neither would the Department of Homeland Security.

 

 

But my sources within the White House and DHS tell me the plans are in

place, ready for implementation when the command comes from the man

who keeps telling the American public that he is a " war time

president who will " do anything in my powerto impose his will on the

people of the United States.

 

And he has made sure that power will be absolute when he chooses to

use it.

 

Copyright 2005 Capitol Hill Blue

 

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