Martial Law

[krhoffman]

I'm looking for anyone who may recall a national wire service story that was sent out during the 1983 Grenada invasion, which alluded to the possible need for martial law in the US if public sentiment was strongly opposed to the invasion.

First of all, I'm not "bashing" Reagan. I'm only trying to locate a record of this story. I and a couple of my acquaintances recall seeing a story in which the author reported on a "leaked" internal White House memo that discussed the possibility of declaring martial law in the US in the event public sentiment was strongly opposed to the invasion. The story appeared for one day and then disappeared. We're all sure that we saw it, but so far, we haven't been able to dig it out of any newspaper archives.

Anyone else recall this item???

 

[DC]

Found this: http://review.law.mercer.edu/46215.htm

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>The military, believing after Vietnam that the media was merely another obstacle to the successful
conclusion of military campaigns, decided to severely restrict and in fact prohibit press access to the
battlefield during the invasion of Grenada.(72) Several members of the press, upon learning of the
invasion, attempted to bypass these Pentagon regulations to reach the island and were thwarted and
detained.(73) The entire operation, which only took two days, had occurred in secrecy before the
media learned of it. After the military secured the island and ensured that it was safe, the Department
of Defense allowed in several journalists with a military escort for a few hours.(74) It would be almost
a week before reporters were allowed to enter the island unescorted.(75) President Reagan justified
the press limitations on the basis of secrecy and safety.(76) Out of these restrictive media policies
arose litigation that accomplished nothing in the way of establishing a firm policy.(77)[/quote]

Also you might be referring to this:

Readiness Exercise 1984 (Rex 84) authorized by President Ronald
Reagan allowed FEMA to implement the 10-region government to
replace state and local governments. 23 detention centers for resisters
were authorized by P.L. 99-570

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