Reply #73: Scare tactic?

[OnyxCollie]

It's an executive order that, in the event of an emergency (whatever that emergency may be), the fundamental structure of government changes, making the President a dictator for an indeterminate amount of time.

Didn't you read recently about the Senators who were alarmed that there was a "secret" PATRIOT Act?

Or how about this, from 2007?

DeFazio demands access to classified information
http://blog.oregonlive.com/politics/2007/07/defazio_dem...

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., continued his push to review the classified portion of a White House plan to operate the government after a terrorist attack.

DeFazio and two other key members of the House Homeland Security Committee on Friday wrote a letter to a top Bush administration homeland security official requesting access to the information. The White House refused to provide it to DeFazio last week.

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DeFazio had requested access to the classified portion after hearing from constituents concerned about a conspiracy. The public portion of the presidential directive lays out general policies for operating the government during a major catastrophe, but it referred to classified portions.

~snip~

According to the letter, White House staff had initially said it would provide the document to Homeland Security Committee staff so DeFazio could review it. But on July 18, White House staff, the congressmen wrote, "informed the committee that the request had been reconsidered and rejected. In fact, the committee staff was told the document is 'close hold,' and 'frankly we are not willing to share it.'"

Go ahead and try to create your own "Arab spring." Don't be surprised when you get your ass handed to you.