OBAMA EXECUTIVE ORDER GRANTS SWEEPING POWER TO DHS

Obama Grants DHS power to takeover commercial, private communications in emergency

http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/11/homeland-security-gains-more-power-through-new-obama-executive-order/
Daily Caller – 7/11/2012

The executive order, signed on Friday, once again expands the powers of the Department of Homeland Security — this time to include the handling of communications during a national security event or natural disaster. The order also allows for DHS to re-establish communications “through the use of commercial, government, and privately owned communications resources, when appropriate.”

In addition to further empowering DHS’ role in the federal government, the order also establishes several new committees and outlines the roles of various major executive branch agencies and offices, including:

• White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
• Department of State, the Department of Commerce
• Department of Justice
• Department of Defense
• DHS
• Office of the Director of National Intelligence
• General Services Administration
• Federal Communications Commission

The federal government already has its own emergency communications network — the National Communications System (NCS). First established by executive order during the Reagan administration, the NCS allows members of the federal government to communicate during emergencies by piggy backing off of private networks such as AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and various regional carriers. In 2003, the executive order that established
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