Feds Practice Evacuation From D.C. to Test 'Continuity of Government'
 
Resent-Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 09:15:14 -0500 (CDT)


News Updates from Citizens For Legitimate Government 08 May 2008
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http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news Feds Practice Evacuation
From D.C. to Test 'Continuity of Government' --In Big National
Drill, Executive Branch 'Runs' Government From Outside D.C. as Mock
Crises Mount 08 May 2008 A national disaster exercise that began
last week involves the evacuation of thousands of federal personnel
from Washington, D.C., the Washington Post reported [Buried in the
'Metro' section, Page B08].

In National Exercise 2-08, which continues through Saturday, [Bush
bin Laden's] terrorists release a poisonous gas from a tanker in
Washington state while Oregon authorities must handle the unintentional
escape of nerve agent from the Umatilla Chemical Depot. Meanwhile,
the capital region is faced with a terrorist threat and a major
hurricane making its way up the East Coast.

Over three days this week, the federal government is using cars and
helicopters to move large numbers of employees to temporary sites
in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. The drill is intended to
test the ability to maintain "continuity of government" in the face
of a crisis. This is among the largest such drills since the terrorist
attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, officials said. President [sic] George
W. Bush was not expected to be among the evacuees, but some White
House personnel would be sent out of town, said spokesman Scott
Stanzel.

Cheney aide subpoenaed to testify to Congress 07 May 2008 U.S. Vice
President [sic] Dick Cheney's chief of staff was subpoenaed on
Wednesday to testiLIE in a congressional probe of the administration's
treatment and possible torture of enemy combatants. House of
Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.)
issued the subpoena to David Addington a day after it was authorized
by a House panel.

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