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America Under Martial Law

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Uploaded by on Jul 9, 2008

President Bush signed NSPD-51 (National Security Presidential Directive 51) and HSPD-20 (Homeland Security Presidential Directive 20) on May 9, 2007, allowing the president to declare a "national emergency" and take over the direction of all federal state, local, territorial and tribal governments, as well as private sector organizations, to continue functioning under the president's directives, without specifically requiring the approval of Congress.

These two presidential directives contain language that would give the president near dictatorial powers in the event of a self-declared national emergency.

It seems that these two directives are not enough power for President Bush. In a ceremony that received virtually no attention in the American media, the United States and Canada signed a military agreement February 14 2008 allowing the armed forces from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation during a domestic civil emergency, even one that does not involve a cross-border crisis!

The agreement, defined as a Civil Assistance Plan, was not submitted to Congress for approval, nor did Congress pass any law or treaty specifically authorizing this military agreement to combine the operations of the armed forces of the United States and Canada in the event of a wide range of domestic civil disturbances ranging from violent storms, to health epidemics, to civil riots or terrorist attacks.

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