> Under the guise of urban warfare training
> the 26th Expeditionary Unit
> an elite group of U.S. Marines
> will conduct a martial law training
> exercise at 26 "surrendered" locations
> in central Indiana from June
> 4th thru the 17th. While state
> officials and media are doing their
> best to assure the public that this
> military takeover of civilian
> property is somehow a good thing,
> ignoring the Posse Comitatus Act
> which fundamentally prohibits
> these types of exercises. These two
> weeks of training are also a
> contradiction of military tradition
> against deployments among the
> civilian population dating back to the
> end of the Civil War. Why then are
> the citizens of Indianapolis and
> six other Indiana towns being made
> to take part in two weeks of
> patrols and ambushes?
> Local news station WTHR 6 reports,
> "That in the interest of national
> security the sights and sounds
> of war will be brought to
> Indianapolis." Why do residents
> of Indianapolis need to learn the
> sights and sounds of war? Could
> it be a conditioning process?
> Considering that numerous urban
> training environments which exist
> within military bases in the
> U. S. and around the globe the
> explanation of "a need to train
> in realistic urban zones" is
> doubtful.
> More likely the real purpose is
> to condition the civilian population
> and military personnel to living
> under martial law. To many this
> hypotheses may sound farfetched,
> that is until you realize the plans
> for martial law and the detention
> of U.S. citizens have already been
> made. (Sect. 1042 of the 2007
> National Defense Authorization Act
> (NDAA), "Use of the Armed Forces
> in Major Public Emergencies," gives
> the executive the power
> to invoke martial law.)
> Most Americans are completely
> unaware of the Continuity of Government
> Commission created in the fall of
> 2002 to study and make
> recommendations for the continuity
> of government institutions after a
> catastrophic attack. This commission
> is made up primarily of
> professional lobbyists. The plans
> approved from this commission
> advocates a constitutional amendment
> calling for the appointment of
> individuals to the House of
> Representatives to fill the seats of dead
> or incapacitated members, a first in
> American history. I will say that
> again: our representative government
> will cease to exist as
> individuals to the House of
> Representatives will be appointed and not
> elected. An examination of the
> proposal reveals that it is both
> unnecessary and dangerous.
> Out of the COGC came the National
> Security Presidential Directive NSPD
> 51. This directive establishes a
> comprehensive national policy on the
> continuity of federal government
> structures and operations and a
> single National Continuity Coordinator
> responsible for coordinating
> the development and implementation
> of federal continuity policies.
> This policy establishes "National
> Essential Functions," prescribes
> continuity requirements for all
> executive departments and agencies,
> and provides guidance for state,
> local, territorial, and tribal
> governments, and private sector
> organizations in order to ensure a
> comprehensive and integrated national
> continuity program that will
> enhance the credibility of our
> national security posture and enable a
> more rapid and effective response to
> and recovery from a national
> emergency.
> Therefore it is not much of a
> leap to conclude that the true purpose
> of these exercises is to prepare
> and condition the population and the
> military to the prospects of
> martial law. In a San Francisco Chronicle
> article published this February former
> U.S. Congressman Dan Hamburg
> revealed that beginning in 1999,
> the government had entered into a
> series of single-bid contracts
> with Haliburton subsidiary Kellogg,
> Brown and Root (KBR) to build
> detention camps at undisclosed locations
> within the United States. The government
> has also contracted with
> several companies to build thousands
> of railcars; some reportedly
> equipped with shackles, ostensibly
> to transport detainees.
> Rep. Henry Waxman (R-CA) has
> complained about these contracts, saying
> that more taxpayer dollars should
> not go to taxpayer-gouging
> Halliburton. "What kind of "new programs"
> requires the construction
> and refurbishment of detention
> facilities in nearly every state of
> the union with the capacity to house
> perhaps millions of people?" ask
> Lewis Seiler and Dan Hamburg.
> Disturbingly since 9/11, and
> seemingly without the notice of most
> Americans, the federal government
> has assumed the authority to
> institute martial law, suspended
> Habeas Corpus, arrest anyone labeled
> a dissident (citizen and non-citizen
> alike), and detain people without
> legal or constitutional recourse.
> It saddens this U.S. Army veteran
> to see our Armed Forces misused by
> those who have no respect for our
> nation's laws or traditions.