I'm not a conspiracy kind of person. But, when I saw this article in The Week Magazine, I found it disturbing. All Americans should be aware and looking into this. The whole article can be found at Slate.com.


The Bizarre Plan to Suspend the Constitution
Ron Rosenbaum, Slate.com
The Week Magazine

It's a conspiracy theorist's dream, said Ron Rosenbaum, except that in this case, it's based on the truth. Earlier this year, the White House quietly issued National Security Presidential Directive 51, to ensure "continuity of government" in the event of what the document very vaguely calls a "catastrophic emergency"-which can range from a terrorist attack on Washington to a nuclear explosion in New York to a particularly nasty hurricane. The directive, issued without any review by Congress or the Supreme Court, gives the President authority to decide when an emergency has occurred, and to do whatever he deems necessary to ensure continuity of government, whether it's to cancel upcoming elections, suspend the Constitution, or launch a nuclear attack on the enemy. In the blogosphere, NSPD-51 has created a storm of speculation, with some anticipating Bush-Cheney "coup" sometime in the next year involving a fake terrorist attack. "I have no evidence there's a coup brewing," but I find the directive alarming nonetheless. Believe it or not, NSPD-51 even has two secret clauses that the administration won't disclose to anyone, including congressional oversight committees, on the grounds of "national security concerns." That's not how we do things in a democracy, and Congress ought to hold hearings on this bizarre directive as soon as possible.

http://www.slate.com/id/2176185/pagenum/all/#page_start