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Wednesday, July 14, 2004

Homeland Security figuring out how to suspend election in case of terrorist attack

The upcoming issue of Newsweek reports that Homeland Security's Tom Ridge is looking into how he can call off the election in the event of a terrorist attack.
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge warned last week that Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network may attack within the United States to try to disrupt the election.

The magazine cited unnamed sources who told it that the Department of Homeland Security asked the Justice Department last week to review what legal steps would be needed to delay the election if an attack occurred on the day before or the day of the election.

Link (Thanks, Todd!) [Boing Boing]
OMG! All the jokes about George The Second are coming back to mind!