[NYTr] Bush's Martial Law Plan So Shocking Even Congress Denied Access

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Prison Planet - Jul 23, 2007
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/july2007/230707martiallaw.htm

Bush's Martial Law Plan Is So Shocking, Even Congress Can't See it

Executive uber alles as member of Homeland Security Committee
barred from viewing post-terror attack provisions

by Paul Joseph Watson

President Bush's post-terror attack martial law plan is so shocking that
even sitting members of Congress and Homeland Security officials are
barred from viewing it, another example of executive |ber alles and a
chilling portent of what is to come as constant reminders of the
inevitability of terror attacks reverberate.

Congressman Peter DeFazio (D - OR) was asked by his constituents to see
what was contained within the classified portion of the White House's
plan for operating the government after a terrorist attack.

Since DeFazio also sits on the Homeland Security Committee and has
clearance to view classified material, the request would have appeared
to be routine, but the Congressman was unceremoniously denied all
access to view the documents, and the White House wouldn't even give an
excuse as to why he was barred. "I just can't believe they're going to
deny a member of Congress the right of reviewing how they plan to
conduct the government of the United States after a significant
terrorist attack," DeFazio told the Oregonian on Friday.

"We're talking about the continuity of the government of the United
States of America," DeFazio says. "I would think that would be relevant
to any member of Congress, let alone a member of the Homeland Security
Committee."

"Maybe the people who think there's a conspiracy out there are right,"
DeFazio concluded.

The article also quotes Norm Ornstein, a legal scholar who studies
government continuity at the conservative American Enterprise Institute,
who told the paper he "cannot think of one good reason" to deny access
to a member of Congress who serves on the Homeland Security Committee.

"I find it inexplicable and probably reflective of the usual, knee-jerk
overextension of executive power that we see from this White House,"
Ornstein said.

The only plausible reason DeFazio was barred access to the documents is
that the plans for a post-terror attack continuity of government
scenario are so abhorrent that to reveal their true nature would cause
a public outcry and lead to a major repeal of what is contained in the
documents.

What we already about Bush's recent spate of executive orders, and in
particular PDD 51 , is bad enough - the provisions outline preparations
for the implementation of open martial law in the event of a declared
national emergency.

New legislation signed on May 9, 2007, declares that in the event of a
"catastrophic event", the President can take total control over the
government and the country, bypassing all other levels of government at
the state, federal, local, territorial and tribal levels, and thus
ensuring total unprecedented dictatorial power.

It is important to understand that, although these powers have been on
the books for previous presidents, Bush is the first to openly brag of
the fact that he will utilize them and officially become the supreme
emperor of the United States in the aftermath of a catastrophe that the
government itself has said will happen on innumerable occasions.

According to columnist and author Jerome Corsi, the power grab assures
that "The president can declare to the office of the presidency powers
usually assumed by dictators to direct any and all government and
business activities until the emergency is declared over."

Also in May, it was reported that a high-level group of government and
military officials has been quietly preparing an emergency survival
program named "The Day After," which would effectively end civil
liberties and implement a system of martial law in the event of a
catastrophic attack on a U.S. city.

Last year we also exposed the existence of a nationwide FEMA program
which is training Pastors and other religious representatives to become
secret police enforcers who teach their congregations to "obey the
government" in preparation for a declaration of martial law, property
and firearm seizures, and forced relocation.

The documents that Congressman DeFazio was blocked from seeing likely
interlock with both these programs and detail the overarching agenda to
effectively nullify what's left of the U.S. Constitution and firmly
ensconce George W. Bush as a supreme dictator.

Only by putting enough pressure on the media and in turn the White House
to be transparent about what the secret martial law provisions are can
we lead an effort to repeal them before the next terror attack, whether
real or manufactured, takes place.