Bush grants presidency extraordinary powers.
Directive for emergencies apparently gives authority without congressional oversight.
President Bush has signed a directive granting extraordinary powers to the office of the president in the event of a declared national emergency, apparently without congressional approval or oversight.
The "National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive" was signed May 9th, notes Jerome R. Corsi in a WND column.
It was issued with the dual designation of NSPD-51, as a National Security Presidential Directive, and HSPD-20, as a Homeland Security Presidential Directive.
The directive establishes under the office of the president a new national continuity coordinator whose job is to make plans for "National Essential Functions" of all federal, state, local, territorial and tribal governments, as well as private sector organizations to continue functioning under the president's directives in the event of a national emergency.
"Catastrophic emergency" is loosely defined as "any incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S. population, infrastructure, environment, economy, or government functions."
Corsi says the president can assume the power to direct any and all government and business activities until the emergency is declared over.
The directive says the assistant to the president for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, currently Frances Fragos Townsend, would be designated as the national continuity coordinator.
Corsi says the directive makes no attempt to reconcile the powers created for the national continuity coordinator with the National Emergency Act, which requires that such proclamation "shall immediately be transmitted to the Congress and published in the Federal Register."
A Congressional Research Service study notes the National Emergency Act sets up Congress as a balance empowered to "modify, rescind, or render dormant" such emergency authority if Congress believes the president has acted inappropriately.
But the new directive appears to supersede the National Emergency Act by creating the new position of national continuity coordinator without any specific act of Congress authorizing the position, Corsi says.
The directive also makes no reference to Congress and its language appears to negate any requirement that the president submit to Congress a determination that a national emergency exists.
It suggests instead that the powers of the directive can be implemented without any congressional approval or oversight.
Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke affirmed to Corsi the Homeland Security Department would implement the requirements of the order under Townsend's direction.
The White House declined to comment on the directive.
Alan Note: The assumption of total power to handle a major national disaster by the White House is ONE, very necessary, side of the coin should terrorists create a major emergency, where trying to get through normal red tape would make it impossible to respond effectively.
Remember, Winston Churchill bombed and sank the French navy to prevent it falling into German hands. Some 1,300 French sailors lost their lives. Vichy France was an ally of Hitler's forces and thus an "enemy". The French population was not in favor of the Vichy. Very much like the situation in Iran where 85% of the population (at least) are against the Mullah/Ahmadi-Nejad regime.
The OTHER SIDE of the coin is that the White House can use the same power to obliterate Iran - similarly to the French Navy -without having to go through procedures that might obstruct such action at the moment.
Mullahs beware! You will not be dealing with the Democrats who have supported America's enemies and cut off their own nose to spite Bush's American face. You will face an angry cowboy at your own risk.
The worse the damage in the USA the incredibly harsher and widely destructive the response - without the obstacle of Mullah and Terrorism supporters having any say to soften the blows.
AND the presently unsure American population will hate you so much they will support anything President Bush decides, even dropping nuclear bombs on Iran or other axis of evil countries.
Beware the Tears of the Eagle!
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