Go easy on me...this is my first diary...
Today, in the NYT, Eric Schmitt reported Rummy's special forces are already in operation and were at the inaguration:
Commandos Get Duty on U.S. Soil
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 - Somewhere in the shadows of the White House and the Capitol this week, a small group of super-secret commandos stood ready with state-of-the-art weaponry to swing into action to protect the presidency, a task that has never been fully revealed before.
More below the fold...
I was worried Rummy would use his new powers to begin operating military forces, un-monitored, within the US. Now I find out they are already here. They even have a code name, Power Geyser. Watch out Uncle Sam, I think this could be a Power Enema.
These commandos, operating under a secret counterterrorism program code-named Power Geyser, were mentioned publicly for the first time this week on a Web site for a new book, "Code Names: Deciphering U.S. Military Plans, Programs and Operation in the 9/11 World," (Steerforth Press). The book was written by William M. Arkin, a former intelligence analyst for the Army.
And hey, the same people looking for Osama are now keeping an eye on you and me. How reassuring.
The commandos here this week were the same type of Special Operations forces who are hunting top insurgents in Iraq and Osama bin Laden in the mountainous wilds of Afghanistan and Pakistan. But under the top-secret military plan, they are also conducting counterterrorism missions in support of civilian agencies in the United States.
So, who controls and directs these groups? You guessed it...
One of the officials said the units operated in the United States under "special authority" from either the president or the secretary of defense.
And yes, they were at the inauguration...
But the Northern Command document that mentions Power Geyser is marked "unclassified." The document states that the purpose of the Department of Defense's contingency planning for the inauguration is to provide "unity of D.O.D. effort to contribute to a safe and secure environment for the 2005 inauguration."
Power Geyser was unearthed on a website for a book...
These commandos, operating under a secret counterterrorism program code-named Power Geyser, were mentioned publicly for the first time this week on a Web site for a new book, "Code Names: Deciphering U.S. Military Plans, Programs and Operation in the 9/11 World," (Steerforth Press). The book was written by William M. Arkin, a former intelligence analyst for the Army.
The book also sheds some light on another mystery. Where are those undisclosed rocks Cheney hides under? One of them is in Maryland.
Many involve activities related to the survival of the president and constitutional government. The book, for instance, describes Site R, one of the undisclosed locations used by Vice President Dick Cheney since the Sept. 11 attacks.
Site R is a granite mountain shelter just north of Sabillasville, Md., near the Pennsylvania border. It was built in the early 1950's to withstand a Soviet nuclear attack.
Humm, a '50's site built during the Soviet scare. Sounds like he would feel right at home.