Conspiracy Planet: Patriot Act Gives Bush Power to Cancel Elections

"Political analyst Al Martin writes that the legal mechanism and contingency plan for canceling US elections is already in place.
"The contingency plan in question is the Continuity-Of-Government plan (COG), first drafted in 1949 under the Truman regime shortly after the Soviet Union detonated its first atomic weapon," Martin explains.
In addition to COG, "Bush has this power under Patriot I Act with the expansion of his authority under the War Powers Act of 1947, since, it should be remembered, a declared state of national emergency already exists in the United States at present," Martin writes in his column, "Canceling US Elections: It’s Easier Than You Think."
"The biggest story of the past week has been regarding the possible postponement or cancellation of the US presidential election," writes Martin, author of "The Conspirators: Secrets of an Iran Contra Insider." "This is actually much more sinister than the White House is making it appear.
"According to the release by the White House and the US Election Assistance Commission, the White House is supposedly just asking the Election Assistance Commission to work with the Attorney General and establish a legal mechanism, wherein George Bush could change all 50 state constitutions, as well as county and municipal election laws in one fell swoop -- in the event it became necessary to postpone the elections.
"The sinister part is that Bush, in the post-Patriot I environment, already has (as we’ve said a hundred times before), the legal authority to postpone or actually temporarily cancel the elections. These are two different legal mechanisms.
"The only reason Bush would need the underlying state constitutions and county and municipal election laws to be changed is if he intended to invoke his authority to permanently cancel elections.
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~As a former contributor to the Presidential Council of Economic Advisors, Al Martin is considered to be a source of independent analysis for financially sophisticated and market savvy investors. His memoir, "The Conspirators: Secrets of an Iran Contra Insider," (http://www.almartinraw.com) provides an unprecedented look at the frauds of the Bush Cabal during the Iran Contra era."