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The Silent Coup - How a nation ruled by law, becomes a nation ruled by men

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By Liza Persson (about the author)     Page 3 of 9 page(s)

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All this had to be done with utmost secrecy.

Not so much because the men with the plan feared the US public. With the compliance of the majority of the representatives and senators it was very unlikely that anyone would ever make it an enough heated issue to generate any significant amount of public attention and emotion.  
Furthermore, the abstract and legal nature at the center of this coup, made it inherently beyond most people’s frame of interest and understanding even if some driven elected representative had decided to make a go for it.

It was simply not something suitable to make a run for office on.

It was also not the kind of stuff that would make the corporate media interested. It would require expensive and extensive research and writing to make much sense and even then it would not be the stuff of selling headlines.   

Instead, the people needed to keep in the dark was individuals working within the executive branch and its’ agencies who did not have the political and ideological perceptions that would make them agree well with what was underway and had the capacity to put the pieces together.

This fear was well founded. These people turned out to be the ones that would blow the whistle, leak information, and drop hints.

However, that would not happen for some time.  

No matter how many gradual changes were made, however, it was with 9/11 that the prefect storm occurred.  


"Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes. And armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few."

James Madison 

Regardless of constitutional interpretation and opinion about the relationship between the branches of the US government, it is clear that when the nation is at war, the executive power has more free reins than at any other time. Foreign policy is primarily the domain of the executive branch, and during military aggression and defense against external forces foreign policy has a tendency to take precedence over other areas of national governing. It becomes hard to challenge any requests or decisions that can be motivated by the defense of the nation, especially when there is a clear and stated intention to view all such challenges – and any questioning – as unpatriotic and as siding with the enemy.

It is almost par of the course to find that during war, things that would otherwise be hard to view as part of the defense of the nation, are claimed by the executive branch – and its’ congressional supporters  - as things related to foreign policy and necessary to win the war.

As the primary recipient of information and intelligence regarding what happens around the world, and about the own military’s activities abroad, the executive branch become hard to challenge. By claiming that it is acting upon information only it has access to, those heading the executive branch can ask people to take their word that what they claim they have to do is vital to the survival of the nation.  

Whether the hijacked planes, and the death and damage they were utilized for, were the result of insider omission or commission on the side of the US government – one thing is certain.

9/11 became the name of a tidal wave that would provide the force needed for the people in the White House and Congress who had worked to carve out more room for presidential supremacy.  The haste and emotional fervor, and the war time powers of the president, would make it possible to move more aggressively than what had been possible before. Claiming that national security was at stake, legislation could be rushed through without even what little challenging a minority opposition could have mustered

Walls set by law and conventions were deconstructed to facilitate more unity among agencies within the executive branch, not in itself necessarily a bad thing and certainly understandable in light of what seemed to be the massive failures in intelligence sharing and communication leading up to the 9/11.

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Amazed... by Liza Persson on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 at 9:49:42 AM
You Shoud'nt be Amazed! by ronheri on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 at 10:35:06 PM
Observations by Galen on Thursday, Mar 6, 2008 at 12:39:51 AM
Vincent Bugliosi by Mark Sashine on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 at 12:43:30 PM
Reply by Liza Persson on Saturday, Mar 1, 2008 at 10:58:01 AM
look no further than Bush news conference for evidence by gordon nelson on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 at 12:56:40 PM
The Fix is In by ronheri on Friday, Feb 29, 2008 at 7:11:00 AM
King Bush by Michael Chavers on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 at 1:15:03 PM
Reply by Liza Persson on Saturday, Mar 1, 2008 at 11:00:42 AM
The End Game by Edward Ulysses Cate on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 at 1:16:16 PM
Reply by Liza Persson on Saturday, Mar 1, 2008 at 11:01:27 AM
Silent Coup by August Adams on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 at 6:41:39 PM
Reply by Liza Persson on Sunday, Mar 2, 2008 at 2:27:12 AM
Concentrated power by Kevin Zeese on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 at 7:01:20 PM
Reply by Liza Persson on Sunday, Mar 2, 2008 at 2:30:56 AM
I AM NOT WORTHY by Liza Persson on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 at 10:22:15 PM
Want to Know How They Ignore The Rule of Law? by Mark Adams on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 at 10:43:51 PM
Reply by Liza Persson on Saturday, Mar 1, 2008 at 11:05:36 AM
THE POINT OF NO RETURN by RICHARD SHADE on Friday, Feb 29, 2008 at 7:04:41 AM
Reply by Liza Persson on Saturday, Mar 1, 2008 at 11:03:53 AM
Refuse to Go Along by ronheri on Friday, Feb 29, 2008 at 7:14:15 PM
Silent Coup by shadow dancer on Saturday, Mar 1, 2008 at 2:41:49 AM
Reply by Liza Persson on Saturday, Mar 1, 2008 at 11:07:39 AM
Agreed Liza by ronheri on Sunday, Mar 2, 2008 at 7:06:52 AM
Reply by Liza Persson on Friday, Mar 7, 2008 at 9:57:48 AM
Hijacked democracy by Michael McCoy on Saturday, Mar 1, 2008 at 7:40:39 AM
Thanks for a Terrific Summary! by Marshalldoc on Saturday, Mar 1, 2008 at 5:24:36 PM
Reply by Liza Persson on Sunday, Mar 2, 2008 at 2:32:36 AM

 
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