FINAL WARNING: Ready to Spring the Trap
suspend the constitution, and it guaranteed the right to a court hearing
(habeas corpus), and the FBI continued to secretly establish detention
camps, and detailed seizure plans for thousands of people; while
Hoover continued to pressure McGrath to officially change his position
and allow Hoover to ignore the 1950 law in lieu of the original plan of
- On November 25, 1952, the Attorney General gave in to Hoover.
In 1968, during the riots, a Congressional committee stated that acts
by ‘guerrillas’ in the United States was compared to being in a ‘state of
war,’ and detention areas were discussed “for the temporary
imprisonment of warring guerrillas.” Americans were concerned about
this talk, and in 1971 Congress passed legislation that repealed the
Emergency Detention Act of 1950. However, there was other legislation
that provided for the existence of detention centers.
In December, 1975, the Senate held hearings which revealed the
continuing plans for internment. The report “Intelligence Activities,
Senate Resolution 21” revealed their secret agenda. The hearings
revealed documents, memos, and testimony by government
informants which painted the picture of a government that wanted to
monitor, infiltrate, arrest and incarcerate a segment of Americans.
The existence of the Master Search Warrant (which authorized the FBI
Director to “search certain premises where it is believed that there may
be found contraband, prohibited articles, and other materials in
violation of the Proclamation of the President of the United States.”)
and the Master Arrest Warrant (by authorization of the U.S. Attorney
General, the head of the FBI is empowered to “arrest persons who I
deem dangerous to the public peace and safety. These persons are to
be detained and confined until further order.”) were revealed.
In 1982, the Reagan Administration initiated the National Security
Directive 58 which allowed Robert McFarlane and Oliver North to use
the National Security Council to reorganize FEMA (Federal Emergency
Management Agency) into an agency that would be equipped to
manage the country during a national emergency.
During the Reagan years, a secret program identified as “Operation
Rex 84,” was initiated by our National Security Council, and authorized
the establishment of 23 “emergency detention centers” for the