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Politics : Bush-The Mastermind behind 9/11? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sea_urchin who wrote (10082)	2/21/2005 3:28:00 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 20039

Re: When he was asked what was to be done, Cheney merely confirmed the status quo. He did not issue an order of his own. Since the Veep can't overrule the Commander-in-Chief's initial order, what's the point asking him? To put it bluntly, the interference of an outsider --be it the Vice President-- into the due chain of command, if it occurred without the Prez's prior consent (such as a confidential NSPD), amounts, technically speaking, to a coup d'état. Gus

To: sea_urchin who wrote (10082)	2/22/2005 6:14:29 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20039

Footnote to my post #10093: Chain of Command By the Goldwater-Nichols DOD Reorganization Act of 1986, Congress clarified the command line to the combatant commanders and preserve civilian control of the military. The Act states that the operational chain of command runs from the President to the Secretary of Defense to the combatant commanders. The Act permits the President to direct that communications pass through CJCS [Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]. This authority places CJCS in the communications chain. Further, the Act gives the Secretary of Defense wide latitude to assign the Chairman oversight responsibilities over the activities of the combatant commanders. dtic.mil