As I said, Jiffy...
washingtonpost.com
Known internally as the COG, for "continuity of government," the administration-in-waiting is an unannounced complement to the acknowledged absence of Vice President Cheney from Washington for much of the past five months. Cheney's survival ensures constitutional succession, one official said, but "he can't run the country by himself." With a core group of federal managers alongside him, Cheney – or President Bush, if available – has the means to give effect to his orders.
While the damage of other terrorist weapons is potentially horrific, officials said, only an atomic device could threaten the nation's fundamental capacity to govern itself. Without an invulnerable backup command structure outside Washington, one official said, a nuclear detonation in the capital "would be 'game over.'‚"
"We take this issue extraordinarily seriously, and are committed to doing as thorough a job as possible to ensure the ongoing operations of the federal government," said Joseph W. Hagin, White House deputy chief of staff, who declined to discuss details. "In the case of the use of a weapon of mass destruction, the federal government would be able to do its job and continue to provide key services and respond."
The Washington Post agreed to a White House request not to name any of those deployed or identify the two principal locations of the shadow government.
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You and your friends (like TP) continue to attempt to take a necessary protective measure and color it as cowardice... simply to serve your petty little political agendas... and THAT is gutless.
YOU LOSE. |
