DOJ & WH preparing for Shrub to remain in office past 2008.

[JohnyCanuck]

It's war. It's a 'Continuity Presidency'
By Thomas C Greene in Washington
Published Saturday 1st April 2006 10:33 GMT
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Exclusive The US Department of Justice (DoJ) and the office of the White House Counsel are preparing a draft document laying out the President's wartime authority to remain in office past 2008, The Register has learned.

The scheme is described as an emergency "continuity presidency," made necessary by the extraordinary circumstances and unique challenges of protecting the United States from the threat of international terrorism.
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"The world changed on 9/11," a confidential DoJ memo obtained by The Register explains, "and no Administration is US history is better suited to adapt productively to those changes than this one.

"The Attorney General supports the basic framework in the White House Counsel's draft proposal for a future Executive Order establishing a Continuity Presidency, with two provisos: 1. There must be at least the appearance of a time limit, which the AG believes might be satisfied by tying the duration of the Continuity Presidency to the duration of the GWOT ; and 2. The House and Senate Majority Leaders and the Chairpersons of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees must issue a written certification that they have approved the plan.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/01/gwot_cha/

[fishwax]

1. gwotcha

hehe ... i've saw this april fool's bit earlier today, but didn't notice the giveaway at the end of the url ;)

[JohnyCanuck]

4. DOH !!!!!!!!!

[rzemanfl]

2. This better be an April Fool's Day joke! n/t

[BlueInPhilly]

3. Is this for real?

Is the Register a credible source? Is this Thomas Greene guy credible?

[JohnyCanuck]

6. April Fool's joke I think. Sorry.

[Hubert Flottz]

5. I do not doubt this a damned bit.

It might be a joke now but it won't be funny when it happens and I really think it will!

[Kingshakabobo]

11. Yes. Like this:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784

Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'
January 17, 2001 | Issue 37•01

WASHINGTON, DC–Mere days from assuming the presidency and closing the door on eight years of Bill Clinton, president-elect George W. Bush assured the nation in a televised address Tuesday that "our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over."

[EFerrari]

7. I hope the joke won't be on us. These bastards will do anything. nt

[acmavm]

10. They just damn might well HAVE to do something like this. They have

committed so many criminal acts that to lose control of the federal government could put their asses is some much deserved legal jeopardy.

[proReality]

8. This may be funny in the UK, but over here?...

It's too much like reality.

[driver8]

9. That shit ain't funny!! The sad part is, it could be true!! n/t

[annabanana]

12. shit....

ya got me
What a state this country is in if this could actually fool people..

There was a day that the thought that a president could imprison a citizen indefinitely without charges in a secret prison overseas with no notice to next of kin or access to counsel would have been unthinkable too....

[Media_Lies_Daily]

13. The sad fact is that it could be for real.....

...what if a "terrorist attack" takes place in early 2008? What if the NeoCons declare martial law and suspend all future elections "until the country is deemed safe again"?

With the NeoCons in control, this is not too difficult to envision.

[zbdent]

14. Sure, they claim it's an April Fool's Joke

(freepers rejoicing suddenly falls silent if they realize what day it is . . .)