Posted on 03/01/2002 6:04:09 AM PST by blam
Shadow Government Ordered After Attacks, Post Says
Fri Mar 1, 1:42 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush has set up a "shadow government" to ensure that the government would continue to operate in the event of catastrophic attack on the U.S. capital, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
The newspaper said in the first hours after the Sept. 11 attacks, Bush deployed a "shadow government" of about 100 senior civilian managers to live and work outside Washington, in the first-ever activation of a classified "Continuity of Operations Plan."
The report cited three officials with first-hand knowledge of the operation as saying the Cold War era plan was enacted because of heightened fears that the al Qaeda network might somehow obtain a portable nuclear weapon.
The Post said U.S. intelligence has no specific knowledge of such a weapon, but officials thought the risk was great enough to justify the expense and deployment of a shadow government.
One participant told the newspaper that the first deployment came "on the fly" in the first hours of turmoil on Sept. 11 and that the plan has evolved into an indefinite precaution.
Under the plan, high-ranking government officials representing various departments have begun rotating in and out of the assignment at one of two fortified locations along the East Coast, the Post said.
A senior official involved in managing the program said the civilian force present in the underground bunkers usually numbers 70 to 150, and "fluctuates based on intelligence" about terrorist threats.
In the event of an attack, the underground government would try to contain disruptions of the nation's food and water supplies, transportation links, energy and telecommunications networks, public health and civil order, the report said.
The Washington Post said it agreed to a White House request not to name any of those deployed or identify the two principal locations of the shadow government.
The Bush-bots are out in force this morning.At what point will they stop defending this nonsense?
Ten seconds after the Kool Aid has had a chance to work on their systems. And not a moment sooner.
I agree. This sounds like nothing more than prudently having a backup. No tinfoil hat required.
Possibly you spend too much time playing with your gun.
Ruthless but fair . . . but ruthless.
Some of us are more prone to looking for a solution than s***ing ourselves in a crisis, and are perfectly willing to look after ourselves. But, I guess smart and self-sufficient isn't what they wan't, hmmmmmm?
Sorry - but the continuation of the government in case of a major attack is a responsibility of the government. I don't see your point but I am not prone to think in terms of conspiracies.
Conspiracies?!?!? This is an open declaration of what they are doing! No conspiracies involved friend. And what they are doing is not "continuing government" in anything close to the form that "we the people" agreed on when we ratified the Constitution.
This isn't a "government continuation", this is establishing a whole new form of "government". Previous COG plans usually always involved sequestering Congress and the Pres/Vice Pres, to try and at least maintain the facade of the what the government of the United States should be. This one doesn't even pretend, it establishes an unelected oligarchy, and you're still swallowing the Koolaid?
Come on man, if you think this is some kind of conspiracy theory, something's just not right.
Once again, the Post misses the real story. We've established a shadow gov't largely because of the threat of nuclear terrorism. Well, just how real is the threat, and what is the public NOT being told?
You don't even know who's involved, yet you insist on making SWAGs that support your Birchite hysteria.
Thank you for your notice to levy my assets. I am a shadow citizen. If you notice my checks and my returns missing its because I now send all shadow checks and shadow returns to the shadow IRS. Please update your records accordingly.
Yours Truly,
[name shadowed out]
We're all set up to live off the grid. Heck, we even know what weeds are edible, and which can be used for medicines.
As a Prophacy believer, my eyes were opened to politics when Clinton was elected. My eyes were opened to Revelation when he Showed his true color - black! Just like old crusty.
"A wise man hears of trouble comming and prepares for it. If it does not arrive, he is still much better off because of it."
You don't even know who's involved, yet you insist on making SWAGs that support your Birchite hysteria.
Well that settles it. Now I know that I'm right in my opposition of this project, if sinkspur comes out in favor of it.
Thanks for the reaffirming hug sink ol' bean.
PS - I think that there are more than 100-150 members of Congress, last time I checked. That means they ain't using Congress. In fact, if you had bothered to read the article, they mentioned that these bureaucrats would be civilians.
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No, continuity in government, read as stability by the rest of the world, particularly those that would be concerned about our nuclear arsenal suddenly without the proper controls. We have a responsibility to have this system in place and we would expect the same from the other super powers.
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