apparatus for martial law in the United States

2007-05-30

Richard Moore

Original source URL:
http://redpill8.blogspot.com/2007/05/martial-law-in-america.html

WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2007
Setting up the apparatus
for martial law in the United States


Whelp folks, I hate to be the pallbearer at our country's funeral, but I am here
to inform you, in case you missed it on Fox News, that the apparatus for martial
law is being quietly, but steadily, implemented. If one has been paying 
attention to the laws that are getting passed over the last few years we can see
the telltale signs that we are getting closer and closer to such a scenario. Not
only is this government setting up the legal framework for martial law, but they
are also setting up the policing apparatus and infrastructure to carry it out. I
will get into the latter two issues in this three part series, but first, let's 
look at the legal framework for setting up martial law in this country.

Part 1: Law for Tyrants

Even Adolph Hitler needed the imprimatur of law to carry out the Nazi agenda, 
and the similarities of Hitler's Enabling Act of 1933 to the laws and decrees 
that are being passed in today's America are almost identical. To see what I 
mean, let's get a little background on the Nazi's Enabling Act of 1933:

"The Enabling Act (Ermächtigungsgesetz in German) was passed by Germany's 
parliament (the Reichstag) on March 23, 1933 and signed by President Paul von 
Hindenburg the same day. It was the second major step after the Reichstag Fire 
Decree through which the democratically-elected Nazis obtained dictatorial 
powers using largely legal means. The Act enabled Chancellor Adolf Hitler and 
his cabinet to enact laws without the participation of the Reichstag...

"Under the existing Weimar constitution, under Article 48, the President could 
rule by decree in times of emergency. The unprecedented element of the Enabling 
Act was that the Chancellor Hitler) himself possessed these powers. The Enabling
Act was only supposed to be used in times of extreme emergency..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_act_of_1933

Hmmmm, now let's look at what just recently passed here in the USA and compare:

On May 9th of 2007, the Bush administration signed National Security 
Presidential Directive 51 and Homeland Security Presidential Directive 20, which
gives the White House responsibility for all aspects of coordinating, 
implementing and exercising contingency plans for a surprise, "decapitating" 
attack on the federal government.

According to the Washington post:

"As a result of the asymmetric threat environment, adequate warning of potential
emergencies that could pose a significant risk to the homeland might not be 
available, and therefore all continuity planning shall be based on the 
assumption that no such warning will be received," states the 72-paragraph 
order...

"The new directive gives the job of coordinating policy to the president's 
assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism -- Frances Fragos Townsend,
who will assume the title of national continuity coordinator -- in consultation 
with Bush's national security adviser, Stephen J. Hadley, with the support of 
the White House's Homeland Security Council staff. Townsend is to produce an 
implementation plan within 90 days. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff
will continue to coordinate operations and activities, the directive said."

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902719.html

For a listing of the provisions in HOMELAND SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE 
51/HSPD-20 go here:

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread283240/pg1

Here we can see obvious similarities as both of these decrees giving unlimited 
power to the executive branch for the Continuity of Government (CoG) in the 
event of a national emergency. So, the same administration who brought us 9/11, 
Katrina, and the disastrous Iraq War is now going to run the country in the case
of a nuclear attack or some other emergency? If that doesn't put fear and 
trepidation in your heart, I don't know what will.

But, there's more. Last year, two other draconian laws got passed that indicate 
with even more certainty that the legal framework for martial law is being put 
into place. On October 16, 2006, the Bush administration signed the Military 
Commissions Act of 2006 and the John Warner Defense Appropriation Act for Fiscal
Year 2007 -- laws that strip away many constitutional rights of citizens and 
non-citizens and bring us much closer to a police state. But, first, let's start
with the Military Commissions Act, a law that should make your hair stand on 
end.

The Military Commissions Act states that the government could now designate 
anybody an enemy combatant, strip them of their rights to habeas corpus and a 
fair trial (or any trial for that matter), and ship them off to Guantanamo (or 
some secret Halliburton prison?) to be tortured if need be. Did MSNBC forgot to 
inform you about that one? Well, maybe Wikipedia can fill the void in the memory
hole.

Here is an excerpt from Wikipedia:

"The Act also contains the suggestion that unlawful enemy combatant refers to 
any person who, before, on, or after the date of the enactment of the Military 
Commissions Act of 2006, has been determined to be an unlawful enemy combatant 
by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal or another competent tribunal established 
under the authority of the President or the Secretary of Defense."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Commissions_Act_of_2006

With the definition of an Enemy Combatant so broad, what is to keep political 
dissenters and others deemed a political threat by this administration from 
being put on this list? Maybe it just has to do with whether of not Bush has 
taken his meds that day, or perhaps he just doesn't like your t-shirt with his 
face on it with the words "International Terrorist" emblazoned on it, or maybe 
you donated money to the Middle East Children's Alliance to help the poor 
children Bush helped blow up get medical supplies. It's all very random and 
unconstitutional, but by government fiat, it's all now legal to strip you of 
your rights and disappear you.

And, now, this brings us to the John Warner Defense Appropriations Act, signed 
on the same day as Military Commissions Act. Remember posse comitatus? You know,
that law that forbids the government from sending federal troops for domestic 
policing? Well, I hope you said a fond goodbye because it's gone to the pasture 
too. The John Warner Defense Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2007 (H.R. 
5122.ENR), due to take effect in October of 2007, contains a provision, (Section
1076) which allows the President to:

³...employ the armed forces, including the National Guard in Federal service, 
to...

restore public order and enforce the laws of the United States when, as a result
of a natural disaster, epidemic, or other serious public health emergency, 
terrorist attack or incident, or other condition in any State or possession of 
the United States..., where the President determines that,...domestic violence 
has occurred to such an extent that the constituted authorities of the State or 
possession are incapable of maintaining public order; suppress, in a State, any 
insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy...²

www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Posse_Comitatus_Act

What, you missed that on CNN? Gee, not surprising since "The Central 
Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." ~ 
William Colby, Former Director, CIA

Collectively, these laws and the Patriot Act, which allows "sneak and peek" 
searches of your residence (among other unconstitutional outrages), are the 
backbone of the legal framework for martial law. We can be in denial about it 
all we want but it doesn't make these laws, or the embattled administration, go 
away, no matter how many times you click your heels.

Is it possible that this could happen here in the U.S.A.? Are these people 
insane enough to do the unthinkable? Think 9/11 and the Iraq war for the answer 
to that question. After years of reading countless books and articles about what
happened on 9/11, I am convinced that the official story is a bunch of hooey (go
to www.911truth.org for more info). Also, the rational for going into Iraq was 
all a fabrication created by the Neocons and their ad hoc Office of Special 
Plans (i.e. fabricated plans). Their 'evidence' was supported by CIA director, 
Mr. "Slamdunk" Tenet (sorry, Mr. Tenet, but you are not off the hook in my 
book).

In either case, when acknowledging these horrible crimes as being set ups so 
that certain powerful interests can get Middle Eastern oil, then one must 
conclude that they are indeed insane enough to implement martial law.

Look for "Martial Law in America: Part 2: 'The Enforcers'" next week


POSTED BY REDPILL8 AT 1:42 PM
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