Bush Could Seize Absolute
Control Of US Government
By Doug Thompson
Publisher, Capitol Hill Blue
1-14-6
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."
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 power" to 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.
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