Operation Cable Splicer

Operation Cable Splicer is a subprogram of the Rex 84 Program, which "was established on the reasoning that if a 'mass exodus' of illegal aliens crossed the Mexican/US border, they would be quickly rounded up and detained in detention centers by FEMA. Rex 84 allowed many military bases to be closed down and to be turned into prisons."

Operation Cable Splicer is "the program for an orderly takeover of the state and local governments by the federal government. FEMA is the executive arm of the coming police state and thus will head up all operations. The Presidential Executive Orders already listed on the Federal Register also are part of the legal framework for this operation." 

SourceWatch Resources

 * Establishing martial law in the United States
 * Executive Orders
 * Hurricane Katrina: Martial Law
 * Hurricane Katrina: Police State Occupation of New Orleans
 * Operation Garden Plot
 * prison-industrial complex

Documents

 * FM 3-19.40 (formerly FM 19-40). Military Police Internment/Resettlement Operations, Headquarters, Department of the Army, August 1, 2001. Includes sections on "Protection of Captives and Detainees" and "Protection of Enemy Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees" as they pertain to a military operation.
 * Army Regulation 210–35. Installations. Civilian Inmate Labor Program, Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington, DC, January 14, 2005: "This regulation provides guidance for establishing and managing civilian inmate labor programs on Army installations. It provides guidance on establishing prison camps on Army installations. It addresses recordkeeping and reporting incidents related to the Civilian Inmate Labor Program and/or prison camp administration."

Articles & Commentary

 * Mary Louise, "Plans for Civilian Internment: Stalag 17 American Style," TedGunderson.com, undated.
 * "FEMA Concentration Camps: Locations and Executive Orders," Utah Indymedia, July 26, 2003.
 * Diana Reynolds, "The Rise of the National Security State: FEMA and the NSC: Civil Security Planning", PublicEye.org, accessed September 2005.