The American Conservative (blog)
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Then take a look at National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD 51, also called Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-20.
Under this directive, President Bush entrusts himself with leading the entire government – not just the Executive Branch – during a “catastrophic emergency.”
He makes himself the American czar, in keeping with the war czar and the drug czar and whatever else kind of crazy czar he’s got down there in Washington.
The correct word for it, however, would be “dictator.”
Read the directive for yourself. It was released by the White House on May 9, and can be found at: www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070509
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Corrected. Thank you for the correction, Peter.
Your URL for the dictatorial presidential directive is incomplete. The link should read:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070509-12.html