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> Drove through a small town in North Georgia and noticed a
> huge steel bridge being erected over a small stream. When I
> inquired as to its size, I was told by a city official that all
> bridges now have to meet FEMA code.....large enough and
> strong enough to withstand the weight of tanks???
>
> > FEMA - The Secret Government
> >
> > By Harry V. Martin with research assistance from David Caul
> >
> > Some people have referred to it as the "secret government" of the United States.
>It is not an elected body, it does not involve
> > itself in public disclosures, and it even has a quasi-secret budget in the
>billions of dollars. This government organization
has
> > more power than the President of the United States or the Congress, it has the
>power to suspend laws, move entire populations,
> > arrest and detain citizens without a warrant and hold them without trial, it can
>seize property, food supplies, transportation
> > systems, and can suspend the Constitution.
> >
> > Not only is it the most powerful entity in the United States, but it was not even
>created under Constitutional law by the
> Congress.
> > It was a product of a Presidential Executive Order. No, it is not the U.S.
>military nor the Central Intelligence Agency, they
are
> > subject to Congress. The organization is called FEMA, which stands for the Federal
>Emergency Management Agency. Originally
> > conceived in the Richard Nixon Administration, it was refined by President Jimmy
>Carter and given teeth in the Ronald Reagan
and
> > George Bush Administrations.
> >
> > FEMA had one original concept when it was created, to assure the survivability of
>the United States government in the event of
a
> > nuclear attack on this nation. It was also provided with the task of being a
>federal coordinating body during times of domestic
> > disasters, such as earthquakes, floods and hurricanes. Its awesome powers grow
>under the tutelage of people like Lt. Col.
Oliver
> > North and General Richard Secord, the architects on the Iran-Contra scandal and
>the looting of America's savings and loan
> > institutions. FEMA has even been given control of the State Defense Forces, a
>rag-tag, often considered neo-Nazi, civilian army
> > that will substitute for the National Guard, if the Guard is called to duty
>overseas.
> >
> > THE MOST POWERFUL ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES
> >
> > Though it may be the most powerful organization in the United States, few people
>know it even exists. But it has crept into our
> > private lives. Even mortgage papers contain FEMA's name in small print if the
>property in question is near a flood plain. FEMA
> was
> > deeply involved in the Los Angeles riots and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in
>the San Francisco Bay Area. Some of the black
> > helicopter traffic reported throughout the United States, but mainly in the West,
>California, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico,
> > Texas and Colorado, are flown by FEMA personnel. FEMA has been given
>responsibility for many new disasters including urban
forest
> > fires, home heating emergencies, refugee situations, urban riots, and emergency
>planning for nuclear and toxic incidents. In
the
> > West, it works in conjunction with the Sixth Army.
> >
> > FEMA was created in a series of Executive Orders. A Presidential Executive Order,
>whether Constitutional or not, becomes law
> simply
> > by its publication in the Federal Registry. Congress is by-passed. Executive Order
>Number 12148 created the Federal Emergency
> > Management Agency that is to interface with the Department of Defense for civil
>defense planning and funding. An "emergency
czar"
> > was appointed. FEMA has only spent about 6 percent of its budget on national
>emergencies, the bulk of their funding has been
used
> > for the construction of secret underground facilities to assure continuity of
>government in case of a major emergency, foreign
or
> > domestic. Executive Order Number 12656 appointed the National Security Council as
>the principal body that should consider
> emergency
> > powers. This allows the government to increase domestic intelligence and
>surveillance of U.S. citizens and would restrict the
> > freedom of movement within the United States and grant the government the right to
>isolate large groups of civilians. The
> National
> > Guard could be federalized to seal all borders and take control of U.S. air space
>and all ports of entry.
> >
> > Here are just a few Executive Orders associated with FEMA that would suspend the
>Constitution and the Bill of Rights. These
> > Executive Orders have been on record for nearly 30 years and could be enacted by
>the stroke of a Presidential pen:
> >
> > * EXECUTIVE ORDER 10990 allows the government to take over all modes of
>transportation and control of highways and seaports.
> >
> > * EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995 allows the government to seize and control the
>communication media.
> >
> > * EXECUTIVE ORDER 10997 allows the government to take over all electrical power,
>gas, petroleum, fuels and minerals.
> >
> > * EXECUTIVE ORDER 10998 allows the government to take over all food resources and
>farms.
> >
> > * EXECUTIVE ORDER 11000 allows the government to mobilize civilians into work
>brigades under government supervision.
> >
> > * EXECUTIVE ORDER 11001 allows the government to take over all health, education
>and welfare functions.
> >
> > * EXECUTIVE ORDER 11002 designates the Postmaster General to operate a national
>registration of all persons.
> >
> > * EXECUTIVE ORDER 11003 allows the government to take over all airports and
>aircraft, including commercial aircraft.
> >
> > * EXECUTIVE ORDER 11004 allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate
>communities, build new housing with public funds,
> > designate areas to be abandoned, and establish new locations for populations.
> >
> > * EXECUTIVE ORDER 11005 allows the government to take over railroads, inland
>waterways and public storage facilities.
> >
> > * EXECUTIVE ORDER 11051 specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency
>Planning and gives authorization to put all
> > Executive Orders into effect in times of increased international tensions and
>economic or financial crisis.
> >
> > * EXECUTIVE ORDER 11310 grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce
>the plans set out in Executive Orders, to
> > institute industrial support, to establish judicial and legislative liaison, to
>control all aliens, to operate penal and
> > correctional institutions, and to advise and assist the President.
> >
> > * EXECUTIVE ORDER 11049 assigns emergency preparedness function to federal
>departments and agencies, consolidating 21 operative
> > Executive Orders issued over a fifteen year period.
> >
> > * EXECUTIVE ORDER 11921 allows the Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency to
>develop plans to establish control over the
> mechanisms
> > of production and distribution, of energy sources, wages, salaries, credit and the
>flow of money in U.S. financial institution
in
> > any undefined national emergency. It also provides that when a state of emergency
>is declared by the President, Congress cannot
> > review the action for six months.
> >
> > The Federal Emergency Management Agency has broad powers in every aspect of the
>nation. General Frank Salzedo, chief of FEMA's
> > Civil Security Division stated in a 1983 conference that he saw FEMA's role as a
>"new frontier in the protection of individual
> and
> > governmental leaders from assassination, and of civil and military installations
>from sabotage and/or attack, as well as
> prevention
> > of dissident groups from gaining access to U.S. opinion, or a global audience in
>times of crisis."
> >
> > FEMA's powers were consolidated by President Carter to incorporate:
> >
> > * the National Security Act of 1947, which allows for the strategic relocation of
>industries, services, government and other
> > essential economic activities, and to rationalize the requirements for manpower,
>resources and production facilities;
> >
> > * the 1950 Defense Production Act, which gives the President sweeping powers over
>all aspects of the economy;
> >
> > * the Act of August 29, 1916, which authorizes the Secretary of the Army, in time
>of war, to take possession of any
> transportation
> > system for transporting troops, material, or any other purpose related to the
>emergency; and
> >
> > * the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which enables the President to
>seize the property of a foreign country or
> > national.
> >
> > These powers were transferred to FEMA in a sweeping consolidation in 1979.
> >
> > HURRICANE ANDREW FOCUSED ATTENTION ON FEMA
> >
> > FEMA's deceptive role really did not come to light with much of the public until
>Hurricane Andrew smashed into the U.S.
mainland.
> > As Russell R. Dynes, director of the Disaster Research Center of the University of
>Delaware, wrote in The World and I, "...The
> eye
> > of the political storm hovered over the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA
>became a convenient target for criticism."
> > Because FEMA was accused of dropping the ball in Florida, the media and Congress
>commenced to study this agency. What came out
of
> > the critical look was that FEMA was spending 12 times more for "black operations"
>than for disaster relief. It spent $1.3
billion
> > building secret bunkers throughout the United States in anticipation of government
>disruption by foreign or domestic upheaval.
> Yet
> > fewer than 20 members of Congress , only members with top security clearance, know
>of the $1.3 billion expenditure by FEMA for
> > non-natural disaster situations. These few Congressional leaders state that FEMA
>has a "black curtain" around its operations.
> FEMA
> > has worked on National Security programs since 1979, and its predecessor, the
>Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency, has
secretly
> > spent millions of dollars before being merged into FEMA by President Carter in
>1979.
> >
> > FEMA has developed 300 sophisticated mobile units that are capable of sustaining
>themselves for a month. The vehicles are
located
> > in five areas of the United States. They have tremendous communication systems and
>each contains a generator that would provide
> > power to 120 homes each, but have never been used for disaster relief.
> >
> > FEMA's enormous powers can be triggered easily. In any form of domestic or foreign
>problem, perceived and not always actual,
> > emergency powers can be enacted. The President of the United States now has
>broader powers to declare martial law, which
> activates
> > FEMA's extraordinary powers. Martial law can be declared during time of increased
>tension overseas, economic problems within
the
> > United States, such as a depression, civil unrest, such as demonstrations or
>scenes like the Los Angeles riots, and in a drug
> > crisis. These Presidential powers have increased with successive Crime Bills,
>particularly the 1991 and 1993 Crime Bills, which
> > increase the power to suspend the rights guaranteed under the Constitution and to
>seize property of those suspected of being
drug
> > dealers, to individuals who participate in a public protest or demonstration.
>Under emergency plans already in existence, the
> power
> > exists to suspend the Constitution and turn over the reigns of government to FEMA
>and appointing military commanders to run
state
> > and local governments. FEMA then would have the right to order the detention of
>anyone whom there is reasonable ground to
> > believe...will engage in, or probably conspire with others to engage in acts of
>espionage or sabotage. The plan also authorized
> the
> > establishment of concentration camps for detaining the accused, but no trial.
> >
> > Three times since 1984, FEMA stood on the threshold of taking control of the
>nation. Once under President Reagan in 1984, and
> twice
> > under President Bush in 1990 and 1992. But under those three scenarios, there was
>not a sufficient crisis to warrant risking
> > martial law. Most experts on the subject of FEMA and Martial Law insisted that a
>crisis has to appear dangerous enough for the
> > people of the United States before they would tolerate or accept complete
>government takeover. The typical crisis needed would
be
> > threat of imminent nuclear war, rioting in several U.S. cites simultaneously, a
>series of national disasters that affect
> widespread
> > danger to the populous, massive terrorist attacks, a depression in which tens of
>millions are unemployed and without financial
> > resources, or a major environmental disaster.
> >
> > THREE TIMES FEMA STOOD BY READY FOR EMERGENCY
> >
> > In April 1984, President Reagan signed Presidential Director Number 54 that
>allowed FEMA to engage in a secret national
> "readiness
> > exercise" under the code name of REX 84. The exercise was to test FEMA's readiness
>to assume military authority in the event of
a
> > "State of Domestic National Emergency" concurrent with the launching of a direct
>United States military operation in Central
> > America. The plan called for the deputation of U.S. military and National Guard
>units so that they could legally be used for
> > domestic law enforcement. These units would be assigned to conduct sweeps and take
>into custody an estimated 400,000
undocumented
> > Central American immigrants in the United States. The immigrants would be interned
>at 10 detention centers to be set up at
> military
> > bases throughout the country.
> >
> > REX 84 was so highly guarded that special metal security doors were placed on the
>fifth floor of the FEMA building in
Washington,
> > D.C. Even long-standing employees of the Civil Defense of the Federal Executive
>Department possessing the highest possible
> security
> > clearances were not being allowed through the newly installed metal security
>doors. Only personnel wearing a special red
> Christian
> > cross or crucifix lapel pin were allowed into the premises. Lt. Col. North was
>responsible for drawing up the emergency plan,
> which
> > U.S. Attorney General William French Smith opposed vehemently. The plan called for
>the suspension of the Constitution, turning
> > control of the government over to FEMA, appointment of military commanders to run
>state and local governments and the
declaration
> > of Martial Law. The Presidential Executive Orders to support such a plan were
>already in place. The plan also advocated the
> > rounding up and transfer to "assembly centers or relocation camps" of a least 21
>million American Negroes in the event of
massive
> > rioting or disorder, not unlike the rounding up of the Jews in Nazi Germany in the
>1930s.
> >
> > The second known time that FEMA stood by was in 1990 when Desert Storm was
>enacted. Prior to President Bush's invasion of Iraq,
> > FEMA began to draft new legislation to increase its already formidable powers. One
>of the elements incorporated into the plan
was
> > to set up operations within any state or locality without the prior permission of
>local or state authorities. Such prior
> permission
> > has always been required in the past. Much of the mechanism being set into place
>was in anticipation of the economic collapse
of
> > the Western World. The war with Iraq may have been conceived as a ploy to boost
>the bankrupt economy, but it only pushed the
West
> > into deeper recession.
> >
> > The third scenario for FEMA came with the Los Angeles riots after the Rodney King
>brutality verdict. Had the rioting spread to
> > other cities, FEMA would have been empowered to step in. As it was, major rioting
>only occurred in the Los Angeles area, thus
> > preventing a pretext for a FEMA response.
> >
> > On July 5, 1987, the Miami Herald published reports on FEMA's new goals. The goal
>was to suspend the Constitution in the event
of
> a
> > national crisis, such as nuclear war, violent and widespread internal dissent, or
>national opposition to a U.S. military
invasion
> > abroad. Lt. Col. North was the architect. National Security Directive Number 52
>issued in August 1982, pertains to the "Use of
> > National Guard Troops to Quell Disturbances."
> >
> > The crux of the problem is that FEMA has the power to turn the United States into
>a police state in time of a real crisis or a
> > manufactured crisis. Lt. Col. North virtually established the apparatus for
>dictatorship. Only the criticism of the Attorney
> > General prevented the plans from being adopted. But intelligence reports indicate
>that FEMA has a folder with 22 Executive
Orders
> > for the President to sign in case of an emergency. It is believed those Executive
>Orders contain the framework of North's
> concepts,
> > delayed by criticism but never truly abandoned.
> >
> > The crisis, as the government now see it, is civil unrest. For generations, the
>government was concerned with nuclear war, but
> the
> > violent and disruptive demonstrations that surrounded the Vietnam War era prompted
>President Nixon to change the direction of
> > emergency powers from war time to times of domestic unrest. Diana Raynolds,
>program director of the Edward R. Murrow Center,
> summed
> > up the dangers of FEMA today and the public reaction to Martial Law in a drug
>crisis: "It was James Madison's worst nightmare
> that
> > a righteous faction would someday be strong enough to sweep away the
>Constitutional restraints designed by the framers to
prevent
> > the tyranny of centralized power, excessive privilege, an arbitrary governmental
>authority over the individual. These
restraints,
> > the balancing and checking of powers among branches and layers of government, and
>the civil guarantees, would be the first
> > casualties in a drug-induced national security state with Reagan's Civil Emergency
>Preparedness unleashed. Nevertheless, there
> > would be those who would welcome NSC (National Security Council) into the drug
>fray, believing that increasing state police
> powers
> > to emergency levels is the only way left to fight American's enemy within. In the
>short run, a national security state would
> > probably be a relief to those whose personal security and quality of life has been
>diminished by drugs or drug related crime.
> And,
> > as the general public watches the progression of institutional chaos and social
>decay, they too may be willing to pay the
> ultimate
> > price, one drug free America for 200 years of democracy."
> >
> > The first targets in any FEMA emergency would be Hispanics and Blacks, the FEMA
>orders call for them to be rounded up and
> detained.
> > Tax protesters, demonstrators against government military intervention outside
>U.S. borders, and people who maintain weapons in
> > their homes are also targets. Operation Trojan Horse is a program designed to
>learn the identity of potential opponents to
> martial
> > law. The program lures potential protesters into public forums, conducted by a
>"hero" of the people who advocates survival
> > training. The list of names gathered at such meetings and rallies are computerized
>and then targeted in case of an emergency.
> >
> > The most shining example of America to the world has been its peaceful transition
>of government from one administration to
> another.
> > Despite crises of great magnitude, the United States has maintained its freedom
>and liberty. This nation now stands on the
> > threshold of rule by non-elected people asserting non-Constitutional powers. Even
>Congress cannot review a Martial Law action
> until
> > six months after it has been declared. For the first time in American history, the
>reigns of government would not be
transferred
> > from one elected element to another, but the Constitution, itself, can be
>suspended.
> >
> > The scenarios established to trigger FEMA into action are generally found in the
>society today, economic collapse, civil
unrest,
> > drug problems, terrorist attacks, and protests against American intervention in a
>foreign country. All these premises exist, it
> > could only be a matter of time in which one of these triggers the entire emergency
>necessary to bring FEMA into action, and
then
> it
> > may be too late, because under the FEMA plan, there is no contingency by which
>Constitutional power is restored.
>
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