Continuity of Government (US)

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  • 2008-04-11 /S/D/ Evidence is Growing: Continuity of Government Plan is Currently in Effect “In two previous posts (here and here), I showed that Continuity of Government (COG) plans were implemented on September 11th, and I argued that it is possible that they have never been suspended. Now, one of the top investigative journalists in the country, Larisa Alexandrovna (the lead journalist at Raw Story), says: "it seems to me that this administration has justified its crimes by NOT suspending the state of emergency that went up on September 11, 2001."”
  • 2008-02-07 /S/D/ Mukasey: No, I Will Not Investigate Warrantless Wiretapping “The question came after Mukasey had baldly asserted that it was not a "practical view" that the president could order someone to act outside the law. Nadler wanted to know if the president hadn't done just that with his warrantless wiretapping program, which had ignored the constraints of FISA. .. Well, Mukasey said, the President had ordered that on the advice of the Justice Department that it was lawful. So, just as he will not initiate an investigation of waterboarding since the DoJ had given its OK, he will also not investigate whether the warrantless wiretapping was lawful, since it was legal, because the DoJ said it was ("there are views on both sides of that" he acknowledged).” A different variation of the "we said it was ok, so we can't investigate it" plea: we said it was ok, so by definition it's legal. That would be consistent with CoG being in effect.
  • 2008-02-07 /S/D/ Mukasey: No, I Will Not Enforce Citations for Contempt of Congress “Just to complete the theme of the day, Michael Mukasey said today that if Congress passed contempt citations against current and former White House officials based on their refusal to respond to subpoenas, the Justice Department would not enforce them, as federal law instructs.” Not only does he refuse to investigate, but he also won't say whether he has "been instructed to enforce or not enforce congressional citations". Is this a sign that CoG plans are in effect? Regardless, impeachment would seem to be an appropriate response to this and his other refusals that same day (to investigate waterboarding and warrantless wiretapping).

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