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No Legal Standing For FEMA Even though the origin of FEMA has remained historically unclear, Tyree alleges in the lawsuit that FEMA, created by Executive Order, is illegitimate "since Congress had to approve FEMA for two specific reasons: (1) FEMA is a vaguely written Executive Branch-created agency that has the power to suspend the US Constitution and put the legislative and judicial branches of government out of work; (2) FEMA is an Executive Branc creation that clearly affects all three branches of Government capable of silencing the voice of the people (i.e., legislative) and the legal redress of the people (i.e., judiciary)". FEMA was allegedly created by Executive Order 12148, whic became law simply by its publication in the Federal Registry. In other words, Congress was bypassed for FEMA's authorisation as well as its funding. But if Congress never authorised the agency, where do operational expenses come from? Tyree's lawsuit alleges that laundered drug profits were the initial source o FEMA's funding. According to the lawsuit: "...the Plaintiff [Tyree] alleges the Defendants CIA and George Bush did intentionally engage in the complained-of conduct herein to conceal: (1) the origins o FEMA, and that profits from drug trafficking by the CIA were used in some part to originally fund FEMA and the drafting of the FEMA infrastructure..." An even more astounding allegation in the lawsuit is that Colonel Carone told Tyree himself that "Colonel Ollie North worked on developing a plan, known as FEMA, which would in an ill-defined national emergency allow the US Military to take control of the United States to ensure National Security". Colonel Carone said that "FEMA" originally stood for "Federal Emergency Military Action" (i.e., martial law), but was retitled "Federal Emergency Management Agency" because it would be better received by the people of the United States. The late Colonel Carone also claimed that he "took drug profits that were clean and laundered in 1982-1984 to the following: NSC—Colonel Oliver North, who used the funds to create and develop FEMA" (p. 88 of the lawsuit). remain covert, allowing the drug profits from this Operation to be used to circumvent Congress and fund FEMA and continue the pattern of criminal activity." Colonel Carone, who died in 1990, was a CIA paymaster and Mafia-connected money launderer, who incidentally held the rank of full colonel in Army Intelligence. As Oliver North's bagman, Carone also couriered large amounts of cash in and out of the country. According to former Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) investigator Rodney Stich, "Carone had complex relation- ships". In his underground bestselling book, Defrauding America (www.defraudingamerica.com), Stich writes that Carone was a member of the Gambino family, had connections to other crime groups in the eastern part of the United States, was a detective on the New York City vice squad, a member of the military and a CIA operative. Stich writes: "Dee [Ferdinand, Carone's daughter] said her father was a detective and 'bag man' in the New York City police department, collecting money that was distributed to captains and inspectors as payoffs for ‘looking the other way' where drugs were involved... "Referring to CIA—Mafia drug trafficking, she said she knew from what her father said that the drugs coming from South America went to the Colombo, Genovese and Gambino families, and that it was a joint CL[A—Mafia drug operation under the code name Operation Amadeus," continues Stich. "She said that during World War II, Operation Amadeus was involved in transporting Nazi officers from Germany into South American countries. According to her father's notes, Operation Amadeus split into sev- eral other operations, including Operation Sunrise and Operation Watchtower." In the lawsuit, Tyree alleges that CIA and George Bush were negligent by allowing the stolen diaries of Elaine Tyree to be used to further cover up "Operation Watchtower, which was one of several illegal drug operations that produced a profit which was used in turn to help originate and implement FEMA" (p. 23). It is further contended in the lawsuit that CIA and George Bush violated the "separation of powers, [i.e.,] the Executive Branch brought about an agency (FEMA) which has the authority to sus- pend the US Constitution (e.g., further suspending legislative and judicial branches), but is vague in its verbiage as to what does constitute an emergency, and fails to list what, if any, duties the legislature and judiciary will have to perform if the US Constitution is suspended" (p. 23). pend the US Constitution (e.g., further suspending legislative ‘and Colonel Oliver North and FEMA judicial branches), but is vague in its verbiage as to what does Oliver North's role in the creation of FEMA should be better constitute an emergency, and fails to list what, if any, duties the known. In a book called Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of legislature and judiciary will have to perform if the US Oliver North, author Ben Bradlee, Jr, writes: Constitution is suspended" (p. 23). "North's work for FEMA—from 1982 to the spring of 1984— was highly classified, and some would say bizarre. During that period, the Miami Herald reported, he was involved in helping to draft a sweeping contingency plan to impose martial law in the event of a nuclear war, or less serious national crises such as widespread internal dissent, or opposition to an American military invasion abroad. "The plan—which also gave FEMA itself broad authority to report directly to the President, appoint military commanders and run state and local governments [Executive Order 11490]—ruffled many administration feathers," continues Bradlee. "North would also play a role in helping FEMA stage a_ national emergency simulation exercise [on] April 5-18, 1984... Rex-84 Bravo, authorised by President Reagan's signature of National Security Decision Directive 52, was predicated in his 36 = NEXUS FEBRUARY — MARCH 2000