Anyone listening to Mike? The Caller talked about the letter sent to Britian...

[redirish28]

Where was this letter found? Is there an article or link?

[glinda]

1. What letter?

[redirish28]

4. If I heard the caller correctly. The U.S. government sent a letter to the British

Government saying Bush would declared state of Emergency on October 5th

[City Lights]

5. Oh gaud. nt

[NightWatcher]

12. rumored letter link

http://www.restoretherepublic.com/economy/us-to-declare-october-%E2%80%98economic-emergency%E2%80%99-suspend-elections

[md83]

18. Sorcha's a woo woo

If Sorcha Faal is reporting it then it ain't happening. He/she regularly posts these loony doom and gloom type stories that never come to pass.

[glinda]

22. Can anyone verify if any Dems in higher office are dealing with this?

It seems to me that if all of this true, it is a serious situation and that it needs to come out now.

[Mika]

2. What letter?

Missed it.

[evlbstrd]

3. I heard it.

So far, Google shows nothing.

[evlbstrd]

6. For those asking "What letter?"

A caller said there were internet stories about a letter from the US Treasury to the Bank of England stating that Bush would declare an economic emergency on October 5 and suspend the elections.

[valerief]

7. I've been waiting all year for him to do this. He's not giving up the throne. nt

[redirish28]

9. thanks. didn't mean to be unclear but I didn't hear it fully. thanks Evil

[evlbstrd]

11. It freaked me out.

I'm still looking for more.

[redirish28]

14. So is my wife. She is also wondering just how much the September 11th

Executive Order has anything connected with the letter.

I reposted it with the segments that have her really worried.


Orders of Successions needing to be written within 30 days of Septemeber 11th... Meaning October 11th.

[seemslikeadream]

15. Where did you repost this, link?

[redirish28]

17. Here are:

The DU link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7175126&mesg_id=7175126


And here is the whole order.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/09/20080911-4.html


It bugged my wife when she read it on September 11th. But she put it aside now she is going over it again like crazy... These are the parts that are sticking out the most.

Sec. 3. Orders of Succession Requiring Presidential Action.

(a) Each agency for which presidential action is required to establish an order of succession shall draft a proposed order of succession if no such order exists and, not later than 30 days from the date of this order, send such proposed draft order to the Counsel to the President for review and comment.

(b) Each agency described in subsection 3(a) of this order shall send any proposed updates or revisions to the agency's order of succession to the Counsel to the President for review and comment.

(c) Upon completion of the requirements set forth by subsections (a) or (b) of this section with respect to a proposed order, the agency shall submit the proposed order to the Office of Management and Budget in accordance with Executive Order 11030, as amended.

Sec. 4. Orders of Succession Not Requiring Presidential Action. (a) Each agency for which presidential action is not required to establish an order of succession because of the agency's existing legal authority shall establish and maintain such order in accordance with applicable law and any applicable guidance issued by the President or the Secretary of Homeland Security, including the laws and guidance regarding continuity plans and programs for the executive branch.

(b) Each agency described in subsection 4(a) of this order shall update and revise its order of succession as necessary. Before implementing any revisions to its order of succession, such agency shall send the proposed revisions to the Counsel to the President for review and comment.

(c) Not later than 30 days from the date of this order, and not later than 7 days from the issuance date of any subsequent final revision to an existing order of succession, each agency described in subsection 4(a) of this order shall provide a copy of its order of succession to the Counsel to the President, the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

[malaise]

10. All I know is that Paulson refused to meet with British PM Gordon Brown

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/3074014/US-Treasury-Secretary-Hank-Paulson-rejected-Gordon-Brown-meeting.html
<snip>
Hank Paulson, the US Treasury Secretary, is understood to have rejected a request for a meeting with Gordon Brown, delivering a snub to the Prime Minister during his visit to America.

Mr Brown announced in his Labour Party conference speech that he would be meeting "financial and Government leaders in New York" in a bid to resolve the financial crisis gripping world economies but he is actually now expected to meet only a handful of American financiers. He has also pledged to "rebuild the world financial system".

George Osborne, the shadow Chancellor, expressed surprise over the apparent snub. "I cannot believe that after telling us yesterday that he's the man to sort out the international crisis, Gordon Brown is flying all the way to the US and not meeting the man at the centre of resolving that crisis," he said.

[Postman]

8. Why would he send a letter when he can pick up a secure phone?

C'mon guys...

[Marie26]

13. LOL, who sends letters anymore? nt

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

19. I think letters are still sent

The position of Diplomatic Courier is a regular position in the State Department. Here's the job decription of a Diplomatic Courier position currently being advertised on the State Department's website:

"...Diplomatic Couriers are required to safeguard and escort diplomatic pouches containing classified and sensitive material between U.S. diplomatic missions and the Department of State. Diplomatic Couriers are entrusted with ensuring the inviolability of diplomatic pouches and their safe hand secure delivery throughout the world. They operate under the auspices of international agreements and treaties as governed by the Vienna Convention. They are responsible for Department of State policies, regulations and the strict security procedures that define the control and movement of U.S. diplomatic pouches internationally and within the United States. Diplomatic Couriers spend a substantial portion of their career living and working overseas in a nearly constant travel status. ..."

While I don't know anything about a letter as described by the OP, I think there could be highly sensitive letters signed, dated, and stamped by U.S. officials that would be delivered to U.S. Embassies abroad. The U.S. Embassy could be instructed to hand such a classified and sensitive letter over to a government official in the host country.

[Marie26]

21. That's interesting

I had no idea that such a job existed - it seems so full of intrigue, escorting secret missives to leaders around the world. Where can I apply? You're right that there is such a process, but that still doesn't prove that any such letter was sent to Britain. If Bush is going to stage a coup, why would he announce it beforehand? It would certainly leak or provoke world outcry. This is just a super-sketchy rumor from a far-right sketchy website. But it is interesting!

[ancient_nomad]

16. This is on Ron Paul's website

Link http://www.dailypaul.com/node/62370

US To Declare October ‘Economic Emergency’, Suspend Elections
Posted September 17th, 2008 by ambishop

By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers (Traducción al Español abajo)

The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) is reporting in the Kremlin today that the Bank of England has received from the United States Federal Reserve Bank a ‘notice’ that President Bush is preparing to declare an ‘Economic Emergency’ during the week of October 5th and will further announce that the American Presidential election due to be held on November 4th will be ‘indefinitely suspended’.

These reports state that the Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, had expressed his ‘shock and outrage’ to his American counterparts at the US Federal Reserve after the catastrophic collapse of one of the largest financial banks in the World, Lehman Brothers, and which caused both the Band of England and the European Central Bank to rush $42 billion into the European economy yesterday to keep it from collapsing, and their own banks from running out of money, necessitating the response from the US Central Bank leader Ben S. Bernanke.

snip..........

Not being explained to the American people is that AIG, the World’s largest player in the $45 Trillion derivatives market, during the past two weeks had bet heavily on the World Markets against the damage from Hurricane Ike exceeding $2 billion in property damage, lost oil and gasoline production, lost wages and payments to companies forced to close, etc., it is obligated to pay, but which the actual damages are now being estimated will exceed $1 Trillion as the damages throughout the United States are finally tallied.

more at link (above)

Oh, and Sorcha Faal = David Brook (not a reliable source)

I don't know what to make of this, and it was posted on Paul's site Sept. 17.



:shrug:

[peacetalksforall]

20. Logic says Cheney is not about to move out. Things didn't go according to the PNAC

plan. There are many goals that must still be reached and more money to be made for barons, friends, and loyalists. They must also spend a considerable amount of time to cover up their thefts and deaths, plus torture.