United Airlines Flight 93 was a flight that was hijacked by four al-Qaeda terrorists on 9/11, as part of the 9/11 attacks. The hijackers planned to crash the plane into a federal government building in the national capital of Washington, D.C. The mission became a partial failure when the passengers fought back, forcing the terrorists to crash the plane in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, preventing them from reaching al-Qaeda's intended target. But what if the terrorists kept things under control and managed to crash the plane into the US capitol and if Bush, his entire cabinet and the whole Congress were present in it, killing all of them ?
Bush,Congress,Cabinet killed in 9/11
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They already have procedures for this since the Cold War. In cases when everyone in the succession line has to be present at one place (and there are not many kinds of events that require that), they designate one person to be somewhere else, in a secure undisclosed location, in case something happens to the rest of them.
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The anger of the United States would be very bad for anyone that sneezes in their direction.
The Russians and Chinese would simply agree to whatever the USA decides to do. One would hope that common sense would limit ROE and potential opponents in some ways.
I will note that the US Military has trained it's soldiers on what orders they can legally not only oppose but are required to disobey, thus war crimes would be minimal.
The Russians and Chinese would simply agree to whatever the USA decides to do. One would hope that common sense would limit ROE and potential opponents in some ways.
I will note that the US Military has trained it's soldiers on what orders they can legally not only oppose but are required to disobey, thus war crimes would be minimal.
The VP (Cheney) takes over, organizes an interim Congress with the help of the State governments. Getting the Cabinet too doesn't make a lot of sense a they are, by design, usually not all together. Getting them "all" in one building is a really small percentage, not zero but damn close. For example the Cabinet is not going to be with the President if he meets with Congress, neither is the VP normally. (IIRC the only time he appears with the President is during the State of Union as president of the Senate)
No, we've literally planned for something to happen (during the Cold War it as known that if Washington were lucky they might get 15 minutes warning but actually it could be only 5 minutes and there is a clear succession path.
Randy
President cheney call tom clancy and ask how he knew and then use the same tactics as ryan did in EO to rebuild the government
The States can Assign new Senators immediately which means the Government has continuity literally overnight and this is from what I know constitutionally acceptable. As for Congress elections could occur almost immediately and thus within days the Government would be running both legally and factually.
Decapitation strikes are a concern of the Cold War and procedures exist some of which are public knowledge and some are likely present but not public knowledge for good reasons.
Every aspect of American government can run without a full congress and Senate for extended periods of time.
Decapitation strikes are a concern of the Cold War and procedures exist some of which are public knowledge and some are likely present but not public knowledge for good reasons.
Every aspect of American government can run without a full congress and Senate for extended periods of time.
Most cabinet positions are related more to someone that the President "knows/likes" who interfaces between the Administration and the overall government bureaucracy.
The Cabinet position will have someone from the various agencies that can be "acting" whatever Cabinet position is needed to fill until a new Cabinet member can be appointed and approved.
Randy
In reality the top people in each Cabinet arm of the various agencies is not critical and apart from saying yes to budget and getting pet projects running they are useless.
Here in Australia the effect of the Government is literally to artificially change the money market and cuddle up to the Big end of Town.
Here in Australia the effect of the Government is literally to artificially change the money market and cuddle up to the Big end of Town.
Speaking with a hint of sarcasm, this might be a improvement in US government.
The POD is him ,his cabinet and the entire Congress being present in the Capitol
It would be interesting to see how the subsequent War on Terror will be fought if Rumsfeld kicks the bucket on September 11.
IIRC, after the Pentagon was hit, all federal buildings were evacuated, the president and senators were sent to undisclosed locations, and Bush had authorized hijacked planes to be shot down in case they threatened to hit either the White House or the Capitol.
The same people who do it normally, the President and Congress. (In this case once the ad-hoc Congress is seated)
The Assistant/Deputy positions are there for a reason as those appointed to those positions are as aware of the decision pipeline as the main appointee would be specifically so they can step in if something happens.
Randy
The decision making process in any modern company follows a degree of importance and authorised level of decision making model.
IE: many decisions are made at the low level manager level with written procedures to guide the decions.
As the decisions required become more consequential and wide ranging in effect the people authorised to make decisions go up the command chain.
I would compare the process to a military chain of command and level of control system. Only policy changes require the input actively of the top echelon, other than that they can follow existing written procedure to carry out nearly all activities. Bringing in a new command structure is literally going to involve promoting from within in order to keep continuity and ensure smooth transitions as the appointee's return.