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[rootofnewt]

why am i not surprised?

Regardless of whether Bush had an obligation to notify legislative leaders, the congressional leaders' ignorance of the plan he set in motion could raise the question of how this shadow administration would establish its legitimacy with Congress in the event it needed to step in for a crippled White House..

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[krasota.livejournal.com]

aye, i agree with what you've said, however, i think that the white house could have at least made an effort to let congress know it was enacting a contingency plan which has never actually been used. yes, it's easy enough to look this stuff up, but the white house lets congress know about stuff all the time--that's one reason DC has such a thriving courier business.

congress itself has contingency plans--it usually lets the public know when those are going to be deployed.

as for raising the alarm--the bush administration lets stuff like this happen so folks do NOT notice other orders which are pushed through... it's part of the plan.