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On 2007-06-01 19:52:47 -0400, John Mayson <john@mayson.us> said:

> On Wed, 30 May 2007, Trace wrote:
>> Houston-based KBR, formerly the engineering and construction
>> subsidiary of Halliburton Co., has a contingency contract in place
>> with the Department of Homeland Security to construct detention
>> facilities in the event of a national emergency.
> 
> Stories are federal detention/concetration camps have been circulating 
> at least since the early 90's (and probably sooner).  Why should we 
> believe this one any more than the dozens that have come before it?

Because some of the stories are REAL.

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 
alternative 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. 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.



-- 
"Hate Week is officially celebrated from April 4th to April 10th. The 
events during that time include waxwork displays, military parades, 
speeches and lectures. New slogans are also coined and new songs are 
written. The theme of the Hate Week is called the Hate Song. It is 
mentioned that a unit from the Fiction Department was assigned to make 
atrocity pamphlets (falsified reports of atrocities committed by 
Oceania's enemies against her) designed to stimulate Oceania's populace 
further into enraged frenzy against all enemies. The aggregate effect 
of Hate Week thus is to excite the populace to such a point that they 
"would unquestionably have torn to pieces" if given the opportunity."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_week
http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/1