NLE 09: FEMA Takes Preparations for Martial Law to the Next Level

April 21, 2009

FEMA is preparing to take its martial law exercises to the next level this July. According to a factsheet buried on the FEMA website, the agency will host National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09) on July 27 through July 31, 2009.

Previous TOPOFF exercises concentrated on natural disasters and bio-attacks.

“NLE 09 will be the first major exercise conducted by the United States government that will focus exclusively on terrorism prevention and protection, as opposed to incident response and recovery,â€