Rex 84

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Rex 84, short for Readiness Exercise 1984, was a plan by the United States federal government to test their ability to detain large numbers of American citizens in case of massive civil unrest or national emergency. Exercises similar to Rex 84 happen periodically.[1] Plans for roundups of persons in the United States in times of crisis are constructed during periods of increased political repression such as the Palmer Raids and the McCarthy Era. For example, from 1967 to 1971 the FBI kept a list of persons to be rounded up as subversive, dubbed the "ADEX" list.[2]

According to scholar Diana Reynolds:

The Rex-84 Alpha Explan (Readiness Exercise 1984, Exercise Plan), [otherwise known as a continuity of government plan], indicates that FEMA in association with 34 other federal civil departments and agencies conducted a civil readiness exercise during April 5-13, 1984. It was conducted in coordination and simultaneously with a Joint Chiefs exercise, Night Train 84, a worldwide military command post exercise (including Continental U.S. Forces or CONUS) based on multi-emergency scenarios operating both abroad and at home. In the combined exercise, Rex-84 Bravo, FEMA and DOD led the other federal agencies and departments, including the Central Intelligence Agency, the Secret Service, the Treasury, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Veterans Administration through a gaming exercise to test military assistance in civil defense.

The exercise anticipated civil disturbances, major demonstrations and strikes that would affect continuity of government and/or resource mobilization. To fight subversive activities, there was authorization for the military to implement government ordered movements of civilian populations at state and regional levels, the arrest of certain unidentified segments of the population, and the imposition of martial rule.[3]

Existence of a master military contingency plan, "Garden Plot" and a similar earlier exercise, "Lantern Spike" were originally revealed by journalist Ron Ridenhour, who summarized his findings in "Garden Plot and the New Action Army."[4]

Rex 84 was mentioned during the Iran-Contra Hearings in 1987, and subsequently reported on by the Miami Herald on July 5th, 1987. [5]A number of websites and alternative publications that span the political spectrum have hypothesized upon the basic material about Rex 84, and in many cases hyperbolized it into a form of urban legend or conspiracy theory. Rex 84 is sometimes cited as an extension of the King Alfred Plan, a strategy to detain African Americans. Nonetheless, the basic facts about Rex 84 and other contingency planning readiness exercises--and the potential threat they pose to civil liberties if fully implemented in a real operation--are taken seriously by scholars and civil liberties activists.[6]
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* 1 References
* 2 External links
o 2.1 Concerns about future civil liberties issues
o 2.2 Critical of conspiracist interpretations

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1. ^ Diana Reynolds, "The Rise of the National Security State: FEMA and the NSC," CovertAction Information Bulletin, issue #33 (Winter 1990).
2. ^ Donner, Frank (1980). The Age of Surveillance: The Aims & Methods of America's Political Intelligence System. New York: Alfred Knopf, 166.
3. ^ Reynolds, [1]
4. ^ Ridenhour, Ron (1975). "Garden Plot and the New Action Army". CounterSpy.Å6§6
5. ^ Chip Berlet, Right Woos Left, [2]
6. ^ Berlet and Reynolds

[edit] External links

[edit] Concerns about future civil liberties issues

* "U.S. Can Confine Citizens Without Charges, Court Rules," Jerry Markon, Washington Post, September 10, 2005; Page A01
* "Reagan Aides and the 'Secret' Government," Alfonso Chardy, Miami Herald, July 5, 1987. Also available as photoscans in PDF format here.
* "Martial Law Concerns," Congressman Jim McDermott, House of Representatives, March 11, 2003
* Information about Operation Garden Plot, the larger operation of which Rex 84 was a part
* "Foundations are in place for martial law in the US," Ritt Goldstein, Sydney Morning Herald, July 27, 2002
* "The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act: An Assault on Civil Liberties in the Name of Homeland Security," Sue Blevins, Heritage Foundation Lecture #748, June 10, 2002
* "325,000 Names on Terrorism List, Rights Groups Say Database May Include Innocent People," Walter Pincus and Dan Eggen, The Washington Post, Wednesday, February 15, 2006; Page A01

[edit] Critical of conspiracist interpretations

* Chip Berlet, Right Woos Left, Discussion of Rex 84 conspiracy theories.

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Categories: Civil detention in the United States

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6th closed door session of Congress in 176
years

Last week's session (Th 3/13/08) was only the 6th
time in the last 176
years that Congress has closed its doors to the
public.

Word has begun leaking that not only did members
discuss new surveillance
provisions as was the publicly stated reason for the
closed door session,
they also discussed:

the imminent collapse of the U.S. economy to occur
by September 2008;
the imminent collapse of US federal government
finances by February 2009;
the possibility of Civil War inside the USA as a
result of the collapse;
advance round-ups of "insurgent U.S. citizens"
likely to move against the
government;
the detention of those rounded-up at "REX 84" camps
constructed throughout
the USA (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_84);
the possibility of retaliation against members of
Congress for the
collapses;
the location of "safe facilities" for members of
Congress and their families
to reside during expected massive civil unrest;
the necessary and unavoidable merger of the United
States with Canada (for
its natural resources) and with Mexico (for its
cheap labor pool);
the issuance of a new currency - THE AMERO - for all
three nations as the
proposed solution to the coming economic armageddon.

Members of Congress were forbidden to reveal what
was discussed.

*See* House Holds Closed Session to Discuss
Surveillance Bill:

www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/14/house-holds-closed-sessio_n_91490.html;
House Approves New Eavesdropping Rules:

www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_wires/2008Mar14/0,4675,TerroristSurveillance,00.html;
International Experts Foresee Collapse of U.S.
Economy: *

www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx

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See: Beginning of Martial Law:
www.youtube.com/watch

Preparation of martial law in the USA has begun.
Is our country turning into Fascism? What are WE
going to do about it? Can
anything below be denied?

1) The president asserts the right to ignore part or
all of laws passed by
the national legislature.
2) Massive warrantless searches.
3) The president and other officials regularly lie
to you.
4) Fraudulent election counts.
5) Government monitoring of letters, emails, phone
calls and checking
accounts.
6) Secret courts.
7) A government subservient to the interests of the
country's largest
corporations.
8) Use of torture on prisoners.
9) Courts that support presidential use of
unconstitutional powers.
10) Massive spying on citizens, especially those
involved in political
dissent.
11) A government that uses words like democracy,
freedom and peace while
engaging in acts dramatically at odds with such
words.
12) Government agencies or officials declaring
themselves exempt from
portions of the law or constitution.
13) Creation of watch lists, no-fly lists and
similar exclusionary
documents.
14) National ID cards.
15) Growing number of citizens incarcerated for a
growing number of
offenses.
16) Massive use of cameras to spy on citizens.
17) A media supportive of, or obsequious towards,
the government in covering
its police state activities.
18) Security bubble around government leaders'
public appearances including
pre selected audiences and limit on proximity of
protests.
19) Disarming of citizenry.
20) Dissent characterized as disloyal by government
and its supporting
media.
21) Increasing government control over private
behavior.
22) Lack of legal recourse to stop illegal
government actions.
23) Prison without trial and arrests without
charges.
24) It is difficult to borrow books from libraries
pertaining to
controversial subjects such as fascism.
25) Transfer of powers from legislatures to
executive.
26) Assassinations of popular public figures.
27) Expansion of prisons and laws that lead people
to prisons.
28) President claims right to make war whenever he
wants.
29) Words misused to mean their opposite: i.e. peace
for war, democracy for
fascism.
30) The president sets himself up as the sole moral
authority for the entire
country, using his personal beliefs as the basis on
which to declare what is
'good' and what is 'evil.'
31) Federal takeover of functions formerly
considered essential state or
local responsibilities such as state militias and
public education.
32) Creation of a mercenary military force used for
foreign and domestic
purposes.

The concentration camps have already been built HERE
IN America.
FEMA Concentration Camps: Locations and Executive
Orders

www.mindfully.org/Reform/2004/FEMA-Concentration-Camps3sep04.htm<http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2004/FEMA-Concentration-Camps3sep04.htm
Un hidden Agendas: Off To Camp FEMA
www.youtube.com/watch
Detention Center, concentration camp?
www.youtube.com/watch
Concentration Camps being built for U.S citizens
www.youtube.com/watch
Concentration Camp In Texas
www.youtube.com/watch
FEMA Camp with Better Quality Video
www.youtube.com/watch
FEMA Camp Footage (Concentrations Camps in USA)
www.youtube.com/watch
Beech Grove Indiana FEMA Camp - April 5 2006

www.youtube.com/watch
NEW WORLD ORDER OF FEMA CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN USA
EXPOSED
www.youtube.com/watch
FEMA camp Chicago
www.youtube.com/watch

Canada, U.S. ink deal to let troops cross borderGovernments now able to ask for support in times of emergency
www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html



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