[EAS] Bad day planning: Continuity Of The Presidency Programs

[Sean Donelan]

If you wondered who tells FEMA to activate the EAS.

The Secret Powers Of WHMO and The "Continuity Of The Presidency" Programs
Check With These Folks When Shit Hits The Fan

https://www.secretsmachine.com/p/the-secret-powers-of-whmo-and-the

The current version of the program is called the National Leadership 
Command Capability (NLCC); its charge is to open and maintain secure 
communication when the most difficult decisions need to be made without 
there being much time to think about them.

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The NLCC is designed to make sure the President can:

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- speak, when necessary, with the American people.

We say "almost," because a complicated, compartmented, classified 
enterprise like the NLCC is not going to be perfect, its advocates would 
concede, because of the laws of physics and human behavior.
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