MAY
18, 1998
Hidden
threats -- part 2
©
1998 WorldNetDaily.com
Everyone
has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film. Last week, I reluctantly
shared with you part one of some of the hidden threats "We the People"
face from our government leaders. Despite the remarkable response from
readers, I want to underscore that none of this is really new. All this
information, and more, has been circulating in the constitutional conservative
community for years. Much of this kind of documented, factual information
is pooh-poohed as the paranoid ramblings of the radical right- wing wackos
by "the controllers" who would treat us like mushrooms. I have often noted
that some people just don't want to be confused with facts which contradict
their preconceived opinions. The director of resource management for the
U.S. Army has confirmed the validity of a memorandum relating to the establishment
of a civilian inmate labor program under development by the Department
of Army. The document states, "Enclosed for your review and comment is
the draft Army regulation on civilian inmate labor utilization" and the
procedure to "establish civilian prison camps on installations." (Chereith
Chronicle, June 1997) In the wake of Senate hearings in 1975, the steady
development of highly specialized surveillance capabilities, combined with
the exploding computerized information technologies, have enabled a massive
data base of personal information to be developed on millions of unsuspecting
American citizens. It is all in place awaiting only a presidential declaration
to be enforced by both military and civilian police. In 1982, President
Ronald Reagan issued National Security Directive 58 which empowered Robert
McFarlane and Oliver North to use the National Security Council to secretly
retrofit the Federal Emergency Management Agency to manage the country
during a national crisis. In 1984 "REX exercises" simulated civil unrest
culminating in a national emergency with a contingency plan for the imprisonment
of 400,000 people. REX '84 was so secretive that special metal security
doors were installed on the FEMA building's fifth floor, and even long-term
officials of the Civil Defense Office were prohibited entry. The alleged
purpose of this exercise was to handle an influx of refugees created by
a war in Central America, but a more realistic scenario was the detention
of American citizens.
State
of Emergency Under REX, the president could declare a state of emergency,
empowering the head of FEMA to take control of the internal infrastructure
of the United States and suspend the Constitution. The president could
invoke executive orders 11000 through 11004 which would:
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Draft
all citizens into work forces under government supervision;
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Empower
the postmaster to register all men, women and children;
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Seize
all airports and aircraft;
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Seize
all housing and establish forced relocation of citizens.
FEMA,
with a black budget allegedly provided by the Department of Defense, has
worked closely with the Pentagon in an effort to avoid the legal restrictions
of Posse Comitatus. While FEMA may not have been directly responsible for
these precedent-setting cases, the principle of federal control was seen
during the Los Angeles riots in 1992 with the federalization of the National
Guard and during the siege at Waco, where Army tanks were involved in the
final conflagration.
Government
Violence Is "Legitimate"? The deputy attorney general of California
commented at a conference that anyone who attacks the state, even verbally,
becomes a revolutionary and an enemy by definition. Louis Guiffreda, who
was head of FEMA, stated that "legitimate violence is integral to our form
of government, for it is from this source that we can continue to purge
our weaknesses." It is significant to note that the dictionary definition
of terrorism -- "the calculated use of violence" -- corresponds precisely
to the government's stated policy of "the use of legitimate violence."
Hold on, a reasonable person who can read might ask: Who are the real terrorists?
Guiffreda's remark provides a revealing insight into the thinking of those
who have been charged with oversight of the welfare of the citizens in
this country. Apparently, if one's convictions or philosophy do not correspond
with the government's agenda, that individual may find himself on a government
enemy list thereby making him/her a "target" to be "purged" by the use
of "legitimate violence." The stories of the 56 men who signed the Declaration
of Independence are the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution.
These were not wild-eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken
men of means and education. They had good lives, which included security,
but they valued liberty more. Despite the comfort of their life style they
pledged: "For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the
protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other,
our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." Honor ... honor is not
and should not be an anachronism. Sadly, it is a principle and concept
fading into obscurity. History books don't tell us much of what happened
in the Revolutionary War. We didn't just fight the British. We were British
subjects at that time and we fought our own government! No wonder our founding
fathers had a hatred for standing armies, and allowed, through the second
amendment, for everyone to be armed. Philosopher George Santayana once
noted, "He who does not learn from history" (Russia, Germany, Czechoslovakia,
China, et al.) "is destined to repeat it."