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1) By William Jackson <GCN Staff> http://educate-yourself.org/cn/redalertcode20mar03.shtml March 20, 2003 The war with Iraq has increased the risk of a terrorist attack on America, said former Sen. Gary Hart, who now is co-chairman of the Commission on National Security for the 21st Century. Dont be surprised if in the coming hours or days we go to Code Red, Hart said this morning in Washington. It is almost inevitable. 2) http://educate-yourself.org/cn/njgestapohintsofmartiallaw21mar03.shtml March 21, 2003 Red Alert? Stay home, await word Sunday, March 16, 2003 By Tom Baldwin, Gennett State Bureau Trenton, NJ If the nation excalates to "red alert," which is the highest in the color-coded readiness against terror, you will be assumed by authorities to be the enemy if you so much as venture outside your home, the state's anti-terror czar says. 3) From the ACLU web site March 21, 2003 ACLU Blasts NJ Terrorism Chief's Comments NEWARK - The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey today severely criticized a high-level state official for saying that in the event of a "red alert" security level, "You literally are staying at home: What we're saying is, 'Everybody sit down.' If you are left standing, you are probably a terrorist." "What that statement describes is essentially martial law," said Deborah Jacobs, Executive Director of the ACLU of New Jersey. "If ever necessary," Jacobs added, "such extreme actions could only be justified in exceptionally limited situations where an investigation could pose a direct danger to the public in a restricted geographic area." http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=12160&c=206
