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State of Emergency: 12 Years and Counting, from Washington's Blog

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President Bush declared a State of Emergency after 9/11 that has never been lifted. This means that a kind of martial law has been in effect all this time. Government has continued by Executive Orders from the President. There are dozens of undisclosed Presidential directives that define U.S. national security policy and task government agencies, but whose substance is unknown either to the public or to Congress. We have no idea what our government is up to. In 2007, Rep Peter DeFazio, on the Homeland Security Comm, asked about "Continuity of Government" - a shadow govt that makes the real decisions, unbeknownst even to most elected officials. He was stonewalled. The entire Committee was refused access. DeFazio concluded: "Maybe the people who think there's a conspiracy out there are right". The massive spying on Americans "revealed" last month has been in place at least since 2008.
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