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Subject: FEMA - The Secret Government
FEMA - The Secret Government
By Harry V. Martin with research assistance from David Caul
Copyright FreeAmerica and Harry V. Martin, 1995
http://worthynews.com/Government/fema.htm
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
