The world is a dangerous place: Threats from terrorism, chemical weapons or all out nuclear warfare. Natural disasters like hurricanes or tsunamis could wipe out whole cities. And with the click of a few buttons, our cyber security could be greatly compromised.
These doomsday scenarios are thought about a lot in Washington, D.C.–who would step in, who takes control, who is in power?
But here’s another what if: What if you knew that the government had a massive secret master plan outlining these answers that most people don’t know anything about?
There’s a whole selection of secret executive administrators, who are unelected and operate largely outside the constraints of constitutional law, that are ready to step in and take control should the government be overthrown or compromised.
William Arkin is a former U.S. Army intelligence officer and the author of the new book “American Coup: How a Terrified Government is Destroying the Constitution.” In this latest work he argues that secret American programs could be destroying American democracy in the name of saving it.
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