Tom Drake

I called in later, said, yeah, you better come in. And then the next four months are a blur, a total blur. It would take hours and hours, if not days, to unwind those next four years. But it's critical that I then tell you what I was confronted by. Because what I was confronted by was the very thing, the very thing that I had taken an oath to support and defend.

I called in later, said, yeah, you better come in. And then the next four months are a blur, a total blur. It would take hours and hours, if not days, to unwind those next four years. But it's critical that I then tell you what I was confronted by. Because what I was confronted by was the very thing, the very thing that I had taken an oath to support and defend.

I called in later, said, yeah, you better come in. And then the next four months are a blur, a total blur. It would take hours and hours, if not days, to unwind those next four years. But it's critical that I then tell you what I was confronted by. Because what I was confronted by was the very thing, the very thing that I had taken an oath to support and defend.

And yet I was confronted in the secret world with what happens if your own government decides to violate the constitution willfully as an act of commission, not omission commission. I mean, I'll even ask this rhetorically to any and all of you or your listeners. Okay.

And yet I was confronted in the secret world with what happens if your own government decides to violate the constitution willfully as an act of commission, not omission commission. I mean, I'll even ask this rhetorically to any and all of you or your listeners. Okay.

And yet I was confronted in the secret world with what happens if your own government decides to violate the constitution willfully as an act of commission, not omission commission. I mean, I'll even ask this rhetorically to any and all of you or your listeners. Okay.

Subscribers. What if you're confronted? Do you just, as I was, you know, look the other way. So I'm in four months later, I didn't even become feeling normal again. And I was sitting there in a Marriott hotel in New Orleans celebrating Mardi Gras in mid January with family. So what happened after 9 11, all bunch of meetings were taking place.

Subscribers. What if you're confronted? Do you just, as I was, you know, look the other way. So I'm in four months later, I didn't even become feeling normal again. And I was sitting there in a Marriott hotel in New Orleans celebrating Mardi Gras in mid January with family. So what happened after 9 11, all bunch of meetings were taking place.

Subscribers. What if you're confronted? Do you just, as I was, you know, look the other way. So I'm in four months later, I didn't even become feeling normal again. And I was sitting there in a Marriott hotel in New Orleans celebrating Mardi Gras in mid January with family. So what happened after 9 11, all bunch of meetings were taking place.

Cheney who had basically been given the national security portfolio by Bush, just kind of seeded that to him. Yep. Plus energy. They went into like deep, deep emergency mode, right? And there were certain, may have heard of COG, continuity of government. Yep. I used to be a part of that in terms of what happens if, right?

Cheney who had basically been given the national security portfolio by Bush, just kind of seeded that to him. Yep. Plus energy. They went into like deep, deep emergency mode, right? And there were certain, may have heard of COG, continuity of government. Yep. I used to be a part of that in terms of what happens if, right?

Cheney who had basically been given the national security portfolio by Bush, just kind of seeded that to him. Yep. Plus energy. They went into like deep, deep emergency mode, right? And there were certain, may have heard of COG, continuity of government. Yep. I used to be a part of that in terms of what happens if, right?

Special procedure put into place and there's actually emergency executive orders on the books, right? So they went into a version of that. Yeah, can you explain that to people who may not know what it is? So what happens if, you know, it could be an extreme natural disaster, it could be war, right?

Special procedure put into place and there's actually emergency executive orders on the books, right? So they went into a version of that. Yeah, can you explain that to people who may not know what it is? So what happens if, you know, it could be an extreme natural disaster, it could be war, right?

Special procedure put into place and there's actually emergency executive orders on the books, right? So they went into a version of that. Yeah, can you explain that to people who may not know what it is? So what happens if, you know, it could be an extreme natural disaster, it could be war, right?

Where the president, as the executive, does have certain, where certain emergency powers are allowed. to invoke, you can invoke certain numbers, and there's basically a standing set of executive orders, basically, that, and some are acts, right, that prescribe what you do. And there's basically, there's facilities where government can reassemble. They can go through training for that, right?

Where the president, as the executive, does have certain, where certain emergency powers are allowed. to invoke, you can invoke certain numbers, and there's basically a standing set of executive orders, basically, that, and some are acts, right, that prescribe what you do. And there's basically, there's facilities where government can reassemble. They can go through training for that, right?

Where the president, as the executive, does have certain, where certain emergency powers are allowed. to invoke, you can invoke certain numbers, and there's basically a standing set of executive orders, basically, that, and some are acts, right, that prescribe what you do. And there's basically, there's facilities where government can reassemble. They can go through training for that, right?

He's down in the Situation Room, which is underneath the White House. Cheney. Cheney in particular. I mean, Bush would be there too, but Cheney, he basically was leading. And of course, they're having these meetings right after 9-11. What else can we do? What else can we do? Are there any other authorities?

He's down in the Situation Room, which is underneath the White House. Cheney. Cheney in particular. I mean, Bush would be there too, but Cheney, he basically was leading. And of course, they're having these meetings right after 9-11. What else can we do? What else can we do? Are there any other authorities?