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Police State America - A Look Back and Ahead

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Use of National Security ((NSPDs) and Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPDs)

In the Bush administration, NSPDs replaced the Presidential Decision and Review Directives under Bill Clinton and others under different names since the Kennedy administration began the practice. Earlier ones remain in force unless superseded. They're much like Executive Orders (EOs) with the "full force and effect of law," relate to national security, and for that reason remain classified unless or until made public. In seven years, George Bush issued dozens of NSPD's that are too many to review as well as over 20 Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPDs). A few key ones are discussed below.

The October 25, 2001 NSPD-9 deserves special note and was titled "Defeating the Terrorist Threat to the United States." On March 23, 2004, Donald Rumsfeld gave this explanation of its classified contents to the 9/11 Commission:

-- "To eliminate the Al Queda network;

-- To use all elements of national power to do so -- diplomatic, military, economic, intelligence, information and law enforcement;

-- To eliminate sanctuaries for Al Queda and related terrorist networks -- and if diplomatic efforts to do so failed, to consider additional measures."


On April 1, 2004, the White House released this statement on the directive:

The NSPD called on the Secretary of Defense to plan for military options "against Taliban targets in Afghanistan, including leadership, command-control, air and air defense, ground forces, and logistics (along with similar efforts) against Al Queda and associated terrorist facilities in Afghanistan."

Here's the problem. The administration adopted these measures on September 4, 2001, seven days before 9/11. George Bush then signed them into binding law in NSPD-9 on October 25, 2001 to conceal when they originated.

Other important NSPDs relate to:

-- combatting WMDs;

-- developing and deploying an anti-ballistic missile defense that's for offense, not defense;

-- biodefense;

-- deploying nuclear weapons and domestic nuclear detection;

-- the Iraq war;

-- a national space policy as part of the goal for "full spectrum dominance" over all land, surface and sub-surface sea, air, space, electromagnetic spectrum and information systems to deter any domestic or foreign threat or challenge to our global hegemony; and,

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=comment re: Popes by Shirley Bianchi on Monday, Dec 17, 2007 at 12:12:59 PM
for Stephen by Tony Forest on Monday, Dec 17, 2007 at 2:55:04 PM
In other words, you didn't read the article, but merely saw by Richard Mynick on Tuesday, Dec 18, 2007 at 1:11:01 PM
GREAT ARTICLE by WML on Monday, Dec 17, 2007 at 4:19:16 PM
Thank you by richard on Monday, Dec 17, 2007 at 6:50:07 PM
Police State by Robert N Smith on Tuesday, Dec 18, 2007 at 9:31:36 AM
Police State America ---- the domestic half of Vichy Empire by Alan MacDonald on Tuesday, Dec 18, 2007 at 3:35:16 PM
POLICE STATE AND THE LAST NAIL IN THE COFFIN by RICHARD SHADE on Wednesday, Dec 19, 2007 at 9:53:40 AM
rumpelstiltskin by countsueulaw@hotmail.com on Friday, Dec 21, 2007 at 6:47:38 AM
looks like we have the stage set for the anti christ by countsueulaw@hotmail.com on Friday, Dec 21, 2007 at 7:04:22 AM