Bush orders contingency plans for attack on U.S.

[babylonsister]

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-attack10may10,1,2436652.story?coll=la-news-a_section

Bush orders contingency plans for attack on U.S.
From the Washington Post
May 10, 2007

WASHINGTON — President Bush issued a formal national security directive Wednesday ordering agencies to prepare contingency plans for a surprise, "decapitating" attack on the federal government, and assigned responsibility for coordinating such plans to the White House.

The prospect of a nuclear bomb being detonated in Washington without warning, whether smuggled in by terrorists or a foreign government, has been cited by many security analysts as a rising concern since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

The order makes explicit that the focus of federal worst-case planning involves a covert nuclear attack against the capital, in contrast with Cold War beliefs that a long-range strike would be preceded by a notice of minutes or hours as missiles were fueled and launched.

"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 statement added, "Emphasis will be placed upon geographic dispersion of leadership, staff, and infrastructure in order to increase survivability and maintain uninterrupted Government Functions."

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[cdb]

1. Wait. They're just getting to this NOW??

What the the hell are they thinking? After 9-11, this should have been in place already... yet another example of incompetence

[waiting for hope]

3. Not to be a conspiracy thinker here...

but maybe because they staged 9/11, they didn't have to worry about it....God, I really hate where my mind goes when I see this shit - Jan 2009 can not come soon enough!

[Fresh_Start]

2. gee, we're supposed to believe that the government hasn't

had contingency plans for the last 50 years?

LOL

[mod mom]

4. Let me guess, he will be @ the pig farm in Crawford and cheney will be in some

undisclosed secure location when this happens. Just a guess.

[MUAD_DIB]

9. Or * will be out of country at the Southern Comand WH in Paraguay.

**A great place to live when you nuke your nations capitol.

**Don't worry. I'm sure there will be plenty of GOP politicians and fundies visiting * if Washington gets lit.
Just don't expect any Dems to be there.

[RedStateShame]

5. What, does "Sit at home, fly over for photo-op, blame everyone but me" not work anymore?

[Bluebear]

32. Indeed. nt

[Duer 157099]

6. Interesting juxtaposition of words: "decapitating" and "WH gets control"

The inherent assumption is that "decapitating" the federal government would leave the White House intact.

Can't disagree with that, but it's interesting that they acknowledge it.

[CK_John]

7. Let's see, we'll put Waxman North Dakota, Madame Speaker in Nome. You get my drift. n/t

[Marie26]

8. Did anyone else first read this as

"Bush orders contingency plans for his attack on the US"? Just me?

[whistle]

10. This is why Cheney and Bush must be impeached now! Visualize the U.S. without

....a congress and only those two guys and the White House staff in control. That is the ultimate in neocon wet-dreams

[Ganja Ninja]

11. Yeah we wouldn't want our government decapitated.

Whatever would we do without our glorious leader?
:party: :toast: :bounce: :beer: :applause: :rofl: :spray: :smoke:

[Crunchy Frog]

16. Just decapitated enough to leave Pelosi holding the presidency.

That would suit me just fine. :)

[LSK]

12. isnt he like 6 years late on this????

:wtf:

[dbonds]

13. Not if he is planning for '08

Whacha bet the plans state that the sitting president must stay in power to help rebuild.

[Crunchy Frog]

14. He shouldn't need to.

After all, the fact that we're fighting them over there pretty much assures that we won't have to fight them here, since they're not capable of coming here to attack us while we have them bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan. We're better off pouring those resources into continuing to fight them over there, then if we get hit here, they can at least say that "no one could have anticipated that they would attack us here when we had them bogged down in Iraq". Having a really good excuse handy is a perfectly good substitute for not having any contingency plans in place, as we've seen over and over again with this "administration".

[Horse with no Name]

15. Oh my... an inspiring Reynolds Wrap moment

Shadow government to be appointed...so-called nukular deevice detonated...sorry it got the entire administration (sorry about those subpoenas, war crimes, etc)...shadow government takes over...administration quietly flies to Paraguay.
We just got Lay-ed!
Like I said...the stuff that Reynolds Wrap is made of.

[paparush]

17. Goodbye 2008 General Election.

<<tinfoilhaton>>
The Neocons are planning their next 9/11 and this will guarantee there is no transfer of power.
<<tinfoilhatoff>>

[bonito]

18. Exercise scheduled for may 10, tomorrow.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_melinda__070510_is_this_administrati.htm
Posted on kpete's op as well

[babylonsister]

20. Isn't today May 10th?

:D

[bonito]

21. Oops article says 11th. n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

19. The bogeyman cometh.

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” H.L. Mencken

[bigtree]

22. is this part of their reported 'takeover' of the dual government?

[Mme. Defarge]

23. They are not

just getting to this now. What creeps me out is the fact that they appear to be putting it on the front burner, thereby conditioning the public to anticipate it. Seems to fit with those disturbing Laura Bush emergency preparedness commercials. :tinfoilhat:

[smoogatz]

24. A nuclear attack by terrorists on US soil is more-or-less inevitable.

Sooner or later, they'll get around to it. Bushco my be crazy (they are), but I don't think they're crazy enough to actually detonate a nuclear device in DC just to retain their hold on power. It's not about them, really, anyway--it's about making sure that the corporatist oligarchy stays in power. Bushco's secret weapon isn't a nuclear attack on DC--it's Hillary Clinton. And no, it doesn't surprise me that they're just getting around to this now--they really are that incompetent.

[Marr]

30. That's what they said about Hitler, too.

'Business interests will reign him in', 'his personal ambitions will have to take a backseat to practical political concerns', etc. In the last 6 years, I have been repeatedly shocked at just how much the neocon faction of the right-wing adores their power- and how brazenly they act to expand it.

I'm not saying I think they'd initiate such an attack, but I don't think for a second that it's concern for life that would stay their hand. More likely simple fear of being caught. And I haven't any doubt at all that they'd leave the door wide open for others who might do it.

[orleans]

25. fuckhead's "plan" : RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! n/t

[OneBlueSky]

26. hmm . . . wonder what they're planning . . . n/t

.

[StarryNite]

28. It's either something they're planning or they

fear it's something we're planning, like a revolution.

[earth mom]

27. What the hell-guess I'll be the one to put my hat on.

:tinfoilhat:

I don't trust TPTB AT ALL!

:scared:

[Swamp Rat]

29. Here it comes...

:yoiks:

[krkaufman]

31. This would have me worrying if I were a member of Congress. n/t

[Bluebear]

33. I suppose this all just dawned on him? nt

[and-justice-for-all]

34. Fuck him and his fearmongering bullshit...nt

[GeorgeGist]

35. Won't Get Fooled Again

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again
No, no

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

[earth mom]

36. Kick!

:kick: