On January 24, 2006 a contract was signed by the Halliburton subsidiary K.R.B. for 385 million dollars for providing temporary detention and processing facilities for Home Land Security. The facilities will be used in the next step in the Bush plan towards martial law. Read on>>>
KBR is a engineering and construction firm, and a subsidiary of the famous no bid contract company Halliburton. They were awarded a contract that calls for preparing for an influx of immigrants, or the rapid development of new programs, in the event of disasters natural or man made. There was no word of were these facilities were to be built.
Prison Planet
Bush administration and US army preparations to target American citizens and intern them in forced labor camps has vastly accelerated in the past month and commentators from all over the political spectrum are sounding the alarm bells that the round-ups may begin soon.
Once the bane of the media's stereotypical 'tin foil hat wearing' caricatures, concentration camps in America are now serious news and no one is laughing.
According to the report plans are being upgraded for the forced labor camps.
A much discussed and circulated report, the Pentagon's Civilian Inmate Labor Program, has recently been updated and the revision details a "template for developing agreements" between the Army and corrections facilities for the use of civilian inmate labor on Army installations."
The plan is clearly to swallow up disenfranchised groups likes prisoners and Muslims at first and then extend the policy to include 'Fifth Columnists,' otherwise known as anyone who disagrees with the government or exercises their Constitutional rights.
Respected author Peter Dale Scott speculated that the "detention centers could be used to detain American citizens if the Bush administration were to declare martial law."
Some famous people are being detained by government officials for questioning.
The next step is clearer than it has ever been. One more large scale staged terror attack in America and the result will be martial law. When even famous singers like Morrissey are being Detained and questioned by the secret service for "speaking out against the American and British governments," we know we are in a lot of trouble.
What I Have Seen
I have been traveling between South Western Pennsylvania and Virginia for about ten years now and outside of Morgantown West Virginia about 30 miles south on interstate 79, there is what I believe to be one such facility. It is only visible during the winter months when the trees are bare. The facility has been under construction for the last 2 years, and now looks to be nearing completion. I first noticed it 2 years ago.
From what I could see from 79 South, and I did pull off and to get as close as I could (within 1500 feet,) you can plainly see the razor wire at the top of the electric fence. In the 4 corners of the yard of the facility there are what seem to be 4 watchtowers about 75 to 100 feet tall. Outside of the fenced in yard on the north end of the facility there are 2 smaller buildings also surrounded by fence with razor wire at the top. I did see a power substation, also surrounded by barbed wire fence. After about fifteen minutes I returned to my car and drove on.
When I returned home from my trip, I went to Google Earth and got an aerial view of the area and it was not there. This is not really out of the norm, because some of the shots have not been updated for years. So I went and spent about 2 days looking up any State or Federal prisons that were built or slated the be built in that area, and none had been built in the last 20 years. The last one was the Minimum security that I worked on South east of Morgantown. I also looked to see if there was any expansion work on the two area airports, and there was not. So I got on the horn with some friends of mine that own general construction companies, to see if there were any bids put out for a prison in that area. My one friend said that there was a government job that he bid on but never got an answer on the bid. I will be going back that way in about a week, and if it is still visible I will get photos to post in here to share with you and I will welcome any input that you have. Well back to the diary.
Knowing that some don't trust Prison Planet, I have gone to other sights that are running the same thing.
Headlines
Plans for detention facilities or camps have a long history, going back to fears in the 1970s of a national uprising by black militants. As Alonzo Chardy reported in the Miami Herald on July 5, 1987, an executive order for continuity of government (COG) had been drafted in 1982 by FEMA head Louis Giuffrida. The order called for "suspension of the Constitution" and "declaration of martial law." The martial law portions of the plan were outlined in a memo by Giuffrida's deputy, John Brinkerhoff.
It seems like this administration has been looking for a reason to impose if not martial law, a heightened form of a police state.
under the martial law plan, the government has the power to develop work details, or (forced labor if you like,) to do the work necessary.
Also in September 2005, NORTHCOM conducted its highly classified Granite Shadow exercise in Washington. As William Arkin reported in the Washington Post, "Granite Shadow is yet another new Top Secret and compartmented operation related to the military's extra-legal powers regarding weapons of mass destruction. It allows for emergency military operations in the United States without civilian supervision or control."
It is clear that the Bush administration is thinking seriously about martial law.
below is the way that we might keep an eye on when they start to take place, because there is a great chance that we are head into martial law.
According to a Department of Defense (DoD) directive, "[t]he primary responsibility for protecting life and property and maintaining law and order in the civilian community is vested in the State and local government." [17] Within the federal government, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the lead federal agency for domestic disaster relief. Under FEMA's Federal Response Plan, DOD has assigned responsibilities during disaster response operations. [18] FEMA's primary responsibilities lie in the area of disaster or consequence management, that is, taking steps to aimed at restoring the community to its previous condition. As an agency, they are neither trained nor manned to handle scenarios involving insurrection. In such a severe crisis, if the President might be inclined to streamline the operational chains of command, resulting in removing FEMA from its primary role in consequence management and mandating that the Department of Defense take over the process under a proclamation of martial law . [19]
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This position is contradiction by the government's decision in recent years to initiate large-scale emergency training programs. [22]
Rioting, insurrection, or other serious disturbances are natural responses to severe disasters. These responses would hamper efforts to counteract the effects of the disaster. The authority to direct the federal response to such civil disturbances lies with the Attorney General of the United States. [23] The federal response to terrorist attack falls under the direction of the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. [24] However, the Department of Justice can enlist the support of DoD when conditions [25] warrant. In recognition of anticipated threats, government officials have granted an increased attention to funding and training, particularly in the areas of disaster response, on a nation-wide basis and DoD plays a critical role in this training. [26] This funding and training alarms civil rights activists that the President will eventually use the military in a way that violates American's Civil and Constitutional rights--in other words, martial law.
The administration has been trying to do away with the Posse Comitatus act for awhile now. They feel that it is a hindrance to them. Now why would they feel that way about an act that is meant to stop a power move by an administration like the power hungry group we have in power now.
During Katriena when the Military was used in New Orleans Bush did not even bother to ask congress to repeal the Pose Cunatatus act so that he could send in the military to help enforce the law. This also shows that this administration can get away with just about anything they want. Congress has given them virtually a free ticket since 9-11-2001.
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