Monday, July 9, 2012
 
Executive Order challenges First Amendment

The man who occupies the Oval Office issued an Executive Order on July 6 that establishes interagency coordination in taking over all communications within the United States "under all circumstances, including conditions of crisis or emergency." The EO establishes a multi-agency Executive Committee with centralized power residing in Homeland Security that "Such communications must be possible under all circumstances to ensure national security, effectively manage emergencies, and improve national resilience." According to the language, the president or his agencies need not call a national emergency to take control of all levels of communications within the country.

The EO establishes an "Executive Committee" to advise and make policy recommendations to the President on enhancing the survivability, resilience, and future architecture of national security/emergency preparedness (NS/EP) communications which includes developing a long term strategy, coordinating planning for and provision of communications for the Federal Government under all hazards, planned testing and coordination, and quarterly updates to the assistant to the President.  The EO also establishes an Executive Committee Joint Program Office within Homeland Security to control communications. The activation of this EO is immediate and the president can take over communications at any given time.

The EO gives the Department of Defense the authority to: "obtain, to the maximum extent practicable, the survivability of NS/EP communications defined in section 5.1(a) of this order under all circumstances, including conditions of crisis or emergency (underline added by the Jot)." The EO encompasses both private and public sectors. "The views of all levels of all levels of government, the private and nonprofit sectors, and the public must inform the development of NS/EP communications policies, programs, and capabilities." It includes the Director of National Intelligence, the FCC, the Commerce Department, General Services Administration, and several other agencies.

Certainly, the president and the news media will say that this EO is only for times when national emergencies or national security is threatened. That is well and good. The language, however, allows the government to take over all communications from the local level up "under all circumstances." This is an infringement on First Amendment rights in that the government can control the free press whenever it wants. When communists take over governments, the first order of business is to control communications to the people. This EO, in combination with others, allows the government to control all aspects of American enterprise, down to your very property. If and when it acts on these EOs, it will be an unconstitutional government, if it isn't already. As Yeshua said in Matthew 24:4, "Take heed that no man deceive you."

Have a Blessed and Powerful Day! 
Bill Wilson