Bush grants presidency extraordinary powers

Carolyn Hileman* | May 23, 2007 

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 9, 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.”

The Voice


Contributor's website: http://www.thevoice.name




*Content posted by a user may not be completely written by that user. Content from another source is cited in either block quotes, with quotes or with a link to the original material. Content from other sites is posted for commentary and news purposes under fair use. Each user is responsible for their own postings and a particular posting should not be construed as being endorsed by this site or it's owner.

2 Responses to “Bush grants presidency extraordinary powers”

  1. Wesley Lounsbury on May 24th, 2007 3:56 am

    I’m so glad we have a good conservative like George Bush to make the decisions aren’t you? Just think how great he’ll run things if a city was bombed. Our President really knows how to fight terror! As Bill Clinton said, “We can’t be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans” After all “the Constitution is just a G*DD**N piece of paper” (George Bush our brave Conservative President who I can trust because I saw him pray on television)

  2. All4One on January 17th, 2008 12:20 pm

    Note from Moderator: Posting duplicate comments in multiple threads is spamming. It will not be tolerated. You have already received one warning for being off topic. This is your second offense for being generally disruptive.

    RonniesRayGun

Leave a Reply




By posting a comment you agree to abide by the rules of this site.

American Conservative Daily is owned and operated by J.J. Jackson, President of Land of the Free Studios, Inc.