September 11 Commission Report - Gnostic Liberation Front

guidance, FEMA was structured to create three possible succession teams. Of the three
teams set-up to possibly rule the US in case of a ‘transition crises,’ Dick Cheney and
Donald Rumsfeld were responsible for two of them! George Bush, of course, would be
in charge of the third. [see James Mann, Rise of the Vulcans- The History of Bush’s War
Cabinet, Penguin, 2004, p142.]
While running the government in the immediate aftermath of the assasination attempt,
Bush had FEMA activated for a testing of new procedures. This “test” was to be
administered by none other than Lt. Colonel Oliver North.
“…Reagan signed Presidential Director Number 54 that allowed FEMA to engage in a secret national
"readiness exercise" under the code name of REX 84. The exercise was to test FEMA's readiness to
assume military authority in the event of a "State of Domestic National Emergency" concurrent with
the launching of a direct United States military operation in Central America. The plan called for the
deputation of U.S. military and National Guard units so that they could legally be used for domestic
law enforcement. These units would be assigned to conduct sweeps and take into custody an estimated
400,000 undocumented Central American immigrants in the United States. The immigrants would be
interned at 10 detention centers to be set up at military bases throughout the country
REX 84 was so highly guarded that special metal security doors were placed on the fifth floor of the
FEMA building in Washington, D.C. Even long-standing employees of the Civil Defense of the
Federal Executive Department possessing the highest possible security clearances were not being
allowed through the newly installed metal security doors. Only personnel wearing a special red
Christian cross or crucifix lapel pin were allowed into the premises. Lt. Col. North was responsible for
drawing up the emergency plan, which U.S. Attorney General William French Smith opposed
vehemently. The plan called for the suspension of the Constitution, turning control of the government
over to FEMA, appointment of military commanders to run state and local governments and the
declaration of Martial Law. The Presidential Executive Orders to support such a plan were already in
place. . [FEMA - The Secret Government, Harry V. Martin with research assistance from David Caul,
Copyright: FreeAmerica and Harry V. Martin, 1995]
11.5 Attempted Assassination of Reagan
The exercise for”testing” the emergency preparedness plan was ironically scheduled for
April 1. Two days before it was to be set in motion, John Hinckley Jr. attempted to kill
President Reagan. It would be a few more hours for Bush to be able to say he was in
control, because Al Haig - immediately following the assassination attempt, went to
calm the public by saying on National TV: “I am in control... until the Vice President
returns.” The press however, was taken aback –in that this seemed un-Constitutional.
“What they don't understand is all that Constitution stuff is pushed aside once they declare National
Emergencies. Then they go into FEMA and they have whole other orders of succession that have to do
more with the military and the Pentagon than with any of the civilian sector.” [John Judge November
2000 Interview]
Most citizens assume that as per a law passed under the Presidential Succession Act of
1947, the House Speaker and President Pro Tem of the Senate, in that order, are placed in
the statutory line of succession ahead of the Cabinet officers. This modifies the
Presidential Succession Act of 1885, which provided that after the Vice President, the
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