Doomsday Minutemen by Bobby Akart

Author:Bobby Akart [Akart, Bobby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

George Trowbridge’s Residence

Near Pine Orchard, Connecticut

Trowbridge’s health had taken a downturn as the aftermath of the attacks had begun to weigh heavily upon him. The desired results were being achieved. Certain parts of the country were in turmoil. Violence was widespread, and communities were in a lawless state. Local law enforcement was overwhelmed, and even when the governors dispatched the National Guard in some states like California, Illinois, and Michigan, they were instructed to perform crowd control only. Guardsmen were not asked to tamp down the riots with lethal force.

The president was safely tucked away at Raven Rock and, for the moment, he was content with bringing overseas troops back home for further deployment to the hottest zones of unrest. Harris, Trowbridge’s aide, had spoken at length with the president’s chief of staff on two occasions.

The administration was content with allowing the fires of collapse to burn on for another week or so until reservists were called up and overseas soldiers were recalled. Once the military assets were in place and ready for deployment under the martial law orders, the president would take the necessary steps by executive order to circumvent the Posse Comitatus Act.

Posse comitatus originated in ninth-century England and was later used as a means to incorporate the military in domestic law enforcement actions. Following the American Civil War, Congress passed a law prohibiting the president’s use of military personnel in typically local law enforcement duties such as civil unrest.

The limitation did not apply, however, to the deployment of the National Guard. The Guard was activated by a state’s governor but could not be activated by the president as a result of the Posse Comitatus Act.

The president’s chief of staff told Harris that he would violate the act if he deemed it necessary to protect the American people, and deal with the consequences of it later. He suspected, however, that the leaders within the military would not act upon his orders. Therefore, he planned on ordering the Defense Department to reassign large numbers of military personnel to the National Guard to be deployed to select states.

He addressed the ramifications of the fuse lit on New Year’s Eve. “A lot of Americans will die, Harris. I knew this in advance, and I believe the president is keenly aware of this.”

Harris closed up his iPad and set it on a side table near the door. He joined Trowbridge by his bed.

“Sir, we were headed toward a second civil war anyway. I remember a poll taken a couple of years back that showed forty percent of those asked believed a second civil war would take place within the next five years, and sixty percent thought it would occur during their lifetimes.”

“Harris, I will always wonder if I did the right thing by suggesting these attacks. The American electorate had shifted from being informed and placing their votes on distinctions between policy or procedure. Instead, they rallied behind their team, whether democrat or republican, for better or for worse.”

“Sir, I personally believe this country needed to be shaken to its core.

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