I'm glad Cheeky posted that link too - otherwise I would have missed it.
Whistleblower-consultant under fire
A Y2K consultant to municipal government agencies in the state of Michigan is now under fire for his charges that plans are being made for mass evacuations and use of the military as a police force.>
worldnetdaily.com.
Frith provided WorldNetDaily with copies of actual federal government documents to support his claims that plans are being made to have FEMA take charge of local government agencies when they inevitably fail to handle Y2K related emergencies. He claims improper planning, as well as failure to prepare by many local governments, will lead to failures which are expected by the federal government.
He also provided documents to show that FEMA is planning for emergency evacuations and the use of the military for domestic police actions.
"I never speak my own mind," said Frith. "I show their documents. When I say "their" I'm referring to NERC, the President's Council, FEMA, various utility associations. I never use my own opinions because my opinion doesn't mean anything to strangers. This is factual information. This is for real." ...
Chesney [public information officer for the Office of Management and Budget, responsible for Michigan's Y2K preparations] told WorldNetDaily that she has not read the documents cited by Frith, nor does she know what all his claims are ...
Lt. Tom Mattioli of the Michigan State Police also participated in a workshop with Frith. "We have a family preparedness program for the state of Michigan for families to be prepared in any disaster, and that's basically the same as Y2K," Mattioli explained. "We're suggesting that families take the same precautions for maybe three to five days without essential services.
"It may take that long before emergency services could get to a particular home and get you to a shelter," Mattioli told WorldNetDaily.
Frith says the fact that government agencies are telling people to store only three to five days of food and water is a plan for failure. He claims they know that more should be stored but are not telling anyone. The fact that plans are being made to move people to shelters is evidence that the public should be given an oportunity to prepare so they can remain in their own homes, he added.
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Vice Admiral Explains Plan for "SURGE"
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR URBAN SEARCH & RESCUE
By Vice Admiral Jerry O. Tuttle, USN (Ret.), Member of NIUSR Executive Board, and Extreme Information Infrastructure Oversight Panel.
The national security structure must identify, create, organize and train a cadre of personnel to act as the "first responders"/"domestic defenders" to respond to the full spectra of transnational threats ….
The organization and composition of these "first responders"/"domestic defenders" must be scalable and have an affinity for and be proficient in integrating the augmentation of personnel from disparate organizations and heritages, i.e. members of federal, state and local governments, disaster relief members, emergency management personnel (National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) Emergency Medical Service, Fire, Police, American Red Cross/Salvation Army National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue (NIUSR), volunteers, etc. DOD personnel, and in some incidents, international organizations, etc.
National Guard: First Responders - MORE ABOUT …
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National Guard to Assist Civilian Authorities
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So we're building a third line of defense that's grounded in domestic preparation. The Department of Defense is leading a federal effort to train the first responders in 120 AMERICAN CITIES. The police, the firefighters, the medical technicians who are going to be the first on the scene of an attack -- we are now in the process of helping to prepare these first responders.
120 Cities Identified
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Navy's role in national emergency Service will provide assistance to FEMA
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