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>> NARRATOR: An atomic attack...
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>> TIM RALSTON: The American
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public had no idea we were two
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hours away from a nuclear
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holocaust.
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>> NARRATOR: ...cyber warfare...
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>> MICHAEL DOWNING: It could
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shut down our power grids so
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that we don't have
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transportation, water, food.
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That would be very scary.
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>> NARRATOR: ..a deadly,
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airborne virus.
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>> ALEX JONES: They have control
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of biological weapons-- not just
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here in the United States, but
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worldwide.
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>> NARRATOR: The list of
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doomsday scenarios facing
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America today is terrifying.
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>> ERICH "MANCOW" MULLER:
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Doomsday, it's not a question
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of "if," it's "when."
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>> NARRATOR: But what is the
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government doing to protect the
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nation from the ultimate
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disaster?
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And why are their plans being
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kept so secret?
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>> MARC AMBINDER: The secrecy
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itself could hasten catastrophe.
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>> NARRATOR: In the end, who
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will be saved and who will be
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left to die?
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>> MICHAEL RIVERO: The bunkers
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will be holding the political
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leadership.
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We the American people, we're
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not gonna be allowed in.
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"Get out; we have to save the
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important people."
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>> NARRATOR: There are those
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who believe in the existence
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of a book.
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A book that contains the most
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highly guarded secrets of the
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United States of America.
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A book... whose very existence
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is known to only a select few.
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But if such a book exists,
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what would it contain?
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Secret preparations?
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Secret bunkers?
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Secret strategies?
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Does there really exist
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America's Book of Secrets?
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The Doomsday Clock-- an iconic
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and universally recognized
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symbol representing the
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countdown to global
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catastrophe-- is set to just
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five minutes before midnight.
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Maintained by the Science and
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Security Board of the Bulletin
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of the Atomic Scientists, the
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closer they set the clock to
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midnight, the closer they
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believe the world is to global
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disaster.
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The latest recorded time is due
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to growing nuclear threats in
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China, Pakistan and India, the
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ongoing construction of nuclear
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plants and constant threats of
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severe climate change.
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Some believe such calamities are
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imminent and the final countdown
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to doomsday has already begun.
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>> MICHAEL RIVERO: I think it's
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inevitable there will be a
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doomsday.
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But certainly that's a question
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of your definition, because
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doomsday means different things
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to different people.
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To the military, it's nuclear
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weapons.
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To a banker, it's the collapse
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of the Federal Reserve.
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For other people, it's the
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epicyte gene breaking into the
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wild and sterilizing all of the
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human race.
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>> ALEX JONES: When you look at
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all the different things that
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could happen, it is a reality--
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we have to be ready for a major
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Armageddon-like scenario.
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Many civilizations have come and
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gone because they weren't
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prepared for a Krakatoa or a
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Pompeii volcano-type explosion.
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There's incredible evidence that
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we're hit by comets and
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asteroids every few hundred
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years.
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So the question isn't if but
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when we're going to be struck
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by one of these extinction-level
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events.
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>> NARRATOR: According to
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insiders, the United States
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government is spending billions
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of dollars a year on doomsday
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preparations, not only guarding
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against natural disasters, but
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also a number of impending
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cataclysmic events, including
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nuclear war, chemical war,
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biological war and terrorist
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attacks.
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>> Oh, my God!
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>> MARK ZAID: In the wake of
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9/11, everyone saw President
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Bush down in Florida.
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>> PRESIDENT BUSH: Today we've
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had a national tragedy, an
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apparent terrorist attack on our
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country.
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>> ZAID: And then we saw reports
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of how he was being flown to
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different parts of the United
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States.
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Dick Cheney, the vice president
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at the time, had spoken about
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being sent off into a bunker.
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>> MARC AMBINDER: Cheney
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believed that al-Qaeda had
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somehow ferreted a nuclear
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weapon inside the U.S. and that
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an explosion in an American city
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was imminent.
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(people screaming)
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There was so much unknown about
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the scope of the threat.
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And in an emergency we expect,
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as citizens, the government to
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be able to perform.
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And so it made sense for the
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government to create a cadre of
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government workers who could
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perform these emergency
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functions.
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>> NARRATOR: In March 2002, six
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months after 9/11, a Washington
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Post article revealed that
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President George W. Bush had put
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into action a secret plan to
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hide and protect members of the
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United States government.
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Known as the Continuity of
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Operations Plan, or COOP, the
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program dates back to the Cold
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War, when President Dwight D.
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Eisenhower feared nuclear attack
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by the Soviets.
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It is also a program that most
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Americans do not even know
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exists.
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>> ZAID: The Continuity of
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Operations Plan is the U.S.
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government program to ensure
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that in the wake of a
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cataclysmic attack or
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disaster...
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(man shouting)
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...the government will continue
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to function and provide the
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services that it needs to its
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citizenry, to ensure the
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survival of the American people.
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>> NARRATOR: But just how will
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the government protect the
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public against a cataclysmic
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event?
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And what will happen if
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high-ranking officials do not
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survive?
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>> RONALD KESSLER: If the
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president is killed, we know the
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vice president takes over.
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Who takes over if they're both
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killed?
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It's the Speaker of the House.
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And it goes on through cabinet
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officers.
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But what if they're all wiped
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out?
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Then these plans have further
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contingencies to appoint various
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Defense Department individuals
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or watch officers.
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>> WILLIAM KRISTOL: It's very
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important to preserve continuity
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of government and continuity of
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command over the military, but
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also over civilian things.
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Who decides whether an area is
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gonna be evacuated or not?
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They put a lot of thought and
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effort into trying to make sure
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that the U.S. can continue to
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function as a government and as
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a society.
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>> ZAID: The government that
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will come into power during the
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doomsday scenario may not be the
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leaders that we know today,
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because we might not be able to
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get the president to safety.
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So this shadow government comes
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into power to continue the
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function of the U.S.
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government.
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>> JONES: And so, in the name of
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stopping or preparing for a
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doomsday threat, we've actually
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built a doomsday government:
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unaccountable, above the law,
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living off of trillions of
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dollars of taxpayer money.
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>> NARRATOR: Is the shadow
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government set up to safeguard
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Or could there really be
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another, more secret, reason
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behind its creation?
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President Jimmy Carter activates
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the Federal Emergency Management
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Agency, or FEMA.
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Its mission is simple: to assist
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the public after a disaster.
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But what most people don't know
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is that a lot of what the agency
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does is considered classified
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information.
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>> AMBINDER: FEMA is the primary
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coordinator of all emergency
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actions across the government.
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So FEMA makes sure that every
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resource that the executive
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branch has is brought to bear on
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an emergency.
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But during an emergency where
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these Continuity of Operations
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plans are put into effect, FEMA
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has quite a bit of power and
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quite a bit of central
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coordinating authority.
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>> ERICH "MANCOW" MULLER: FEMA
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has a thing called "cable
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splicer," where, if there is a
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disruption of our government,
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they will then step forward and
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they become the government.
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Many people believe FEMA is
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already the real government and
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everybody else we see, they're
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puppets.
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And FEMA's pulling the strings.
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>> AMBINDER: I once asked a FEMA
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administrator how much time he
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spent in the secret part of his
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job, the part not dealing with
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hurricanes.
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He said 40% of his job is spent
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dealing with the preparations
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for doomsday, for making sure
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that these shelters, these
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bunkers, these alternate sites
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that the government has are
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functioning and operating.
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>> NARRATOR: Since FEMA was
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first created, the federal
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government has been buying large
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tracts of land and stockpiling
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them with trailers and other
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supplies for survival.
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But many have begun to question
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just how these so-called "FEMA
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camps" will actually be used
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during a time of national
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crisis.
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>> AMBINDER: The government,
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they spend about $5 billion
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a year on these plans.
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But most of that stuff is secret
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and FEMA does do a lot of
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preparation that, when
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interpreted a certain way, can
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give rise to the idea that they
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are preparing for martial law.
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>> JOE JOSEPH: There's been
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numerous stories that talk about
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"FEMA camps" and some of the
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nefarious purposes that they
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could fulfill.
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Things like controlling the
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masses.
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>> RIVERO: Most of these
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so-called "FEMA camps," it is an
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issue that they could be "closed
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off" in a time of crisis and
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rapidly adapted to hold a
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population under control.
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Simply because the government,
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when it feels it has an excuse,
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will do whatever it wants to and
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then say, "Hey, it was national
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emergency."
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>> MULLER: FEMA believes they're
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the good guy riding in on the
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white horse.
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Some believe they're riding in
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on the white horse of the
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apocalypse.
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If something goes wrong, FEMA
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plans to step up, take over and
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tell you and I what to do "for
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our own good."
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>> NARRATOR: Is FEMA really
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preparing to aid U.S. citizens
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in the event of a sudden
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calamity?
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Or might their efforts really be
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providing cover for another,
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more secret, objective?
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>> NARRATOR: A new visitor
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center built underneath the
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Capitol building opens three
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years behind schedule and more
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than $300 million over budget.
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The 580,000-square-foot,
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three-level subterranean complex
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can accommodate 4,000 tourists
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at a time.
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But curiously, the lowest level
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of the government facility is
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off limits to the public.
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>> AMBINDER: The Capitol
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Visitor Center has been the
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object of much speculation and
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mystery.
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And the fact that it was so over
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budget and years late in
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construction gave rise to the
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theory that what was actually
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happening was that all of that
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over-budget and being late was a
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cover for Congress building
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itself a huge, new, secure
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bunker right underneath the
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Capitol.
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>> MULLER: Should there be
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another 9/11-type attack on
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Washington D.C., this is where
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they're going to go.
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It's three stories underneath
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the Visitor Center.
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They want to be so low that the
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radiation, the bombs, whatever,
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can't affect them.
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>> ZAID: We know there are
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tunnels underneath the Capitol.
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One would hope, in fact, that
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the members of Congress had a
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place to go for safety, to
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ensure the continuity of the
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government.
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>> NARRATOR: The Visitor Center
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is fully equipped with bombproof
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skylights, thousands of feet of
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fiber-optic cable for
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telecommunications and a tunnel
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large enough to accommodate
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semitrucks.
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But the official blueprints have
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been withheld from the public.
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Could the controversial
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structure really be doubling as
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a secret bunker?
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One built for the Capitol's
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political elite in case of
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emergency?
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According to some researchers,
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the government has been quietly
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building underground safe houses
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throughout the country since the
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early 1940s, when President
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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started to guard against the
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threat of Nazi saboteurs.
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>> ZAID: Throughout the United
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States, there are secret
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locations where the leaders of
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our country will be taken to in
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the event of a doomsday
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situation.
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They're in mountains.
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They're under fields.
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But for the most part, we have
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no idea that they're even there.
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We may even, in fact, be walking
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on top of them.
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Most of these will remain
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secret, for the reasons being
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that we can't have them
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susceptible to attack by our
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enemies.
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>> JONES: Within these
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structures, they have control of
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the entire arsenal: nuclear
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weapons, chemical weapons,
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biological weapons and systems
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of electronic control and
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surveillance, not just here in
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the United States, but
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worldwide.
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>> KRISTOL: I became Vice
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President Quayle's chief of
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staff a few months into the
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administration, so it's about
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the summer of 1989, and I was
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"read into," as they say,
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briefed about these programs.
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And at some point they wanted to
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take me to a certain location,
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where we would be taken in the
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case of an attack.
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And I think even today I'm not
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supposed to discuss particulars
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of these secret locations, but
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there certainly were underground
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locations where senior
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government officials would've
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been taken in the case of a
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nuclear attack or the threat of
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a nuclear attack.
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>> MULLER: The plan of the elite
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is to go underground in the
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event of a doomsday scenario and
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emerge to their brave new world.
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>> NARRATOR: In 2007, the
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National Security Agency set up
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offices in a nuclear bunker
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1/3 of a mile deep inside the
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Cheyenne Mountain Complex in
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Colorado.
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Some believe this could be the
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government's secret base of
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operations during an enemy
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attack.
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>> JOSEPH: Cheyenne Mountain is
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5,000 or 6,000 feet high and it
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is at the bottom in-in the
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middle of this mountain,
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virtually impenetrable, and all
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of the buildings inside
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Cheyenne Mountain are mounted on
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these giant springs, so if you
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have any sort of nuclear attack,
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the buildings just wobble a
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little bit and they go about
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their merry way.
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>> NARRATOR: But what about the
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president of the United States?
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Are there, perhaps, even more
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sophisticated plans to keep the
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country's leader out of harm's
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way?
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>> KESSLER: In the event of a
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doomsday attack, the president,
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uh, now could go to an
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underground bunker at the White
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House.
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But in addition, he could escape
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through secret tunnels under the
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White House grounds... and
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hopefully get to the doomsday
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plane, where he could operate
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for an extensive period of time
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and control the nation's
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military facilities and launch
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counterattacks.
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>> ZAID: "Night Watch" was the
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designation for the 747 airplane
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that he would be on.
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It's essentially Air Force One
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with steroids.
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This is the plane that would
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ensure the president can stay in
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a functional power for the U.S.
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government.
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>> NARRATOR: The $223 million
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modified jumbo jet is protected
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against nuclear strikes by
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thermo-radiation shields.
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It is also equipped with
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telecommunications capabilities
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that allow the president access
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to any location in the world.
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>> ZAID: It can stay up longer
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than most planes.
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It is designed to just
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continually fly around and have
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communications capability and
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sophisticated defense
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mechanisms, so that no matter
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where the president is, he's
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still the president.
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>> NARRATOR: Perhaps the most
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surprising secret about the
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nation's doomsday bunkers is
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that they're only built to
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accommodate an elite number of
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government officials.
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So what does that say about the
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fate of the other more than 300
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million U.S. citizens?
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>> RIVERO: We, the American
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people, are paying for
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protective systems that we, the
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American people, will not be
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allowed to avail ourselves of.
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We're not gonna be allowed in.
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"Thank you for all the money;
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get out; we have to save the
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important people."
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>> NARRATOR: But some Americans
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are taking matters into their
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own hands, "prepping" for the
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ultimate doomsday scenario.
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And these extreme survivalists
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may unwillingly become the
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government's greatest asset.
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Will they really be able to take
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cover?
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Or will their cover be blown?
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>> NARRATOR: Atchison, Kansas.
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Hidden beneath these rolling
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hills overlooking the Missouri
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River lies a large complex of
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limestone caves.
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Excavated more than 100 years
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ago and used as a storage
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facility for the Army, the site
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is being transformed into the
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largest private doomsday bunker
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in the country.
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When finished, this $30 million
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shelter will measure
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3/4 of a mile long by 1/2 a mile
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wide and more than 100 feet
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deep, and will be able to house
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as many as 5,000 people for an
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entire year.
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It will also be the second of
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several such community shelters
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planned and built by the Vivos
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Group since 2008.
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>> ROBERT VICINO: What we've
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done is design shelters to
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withstand everything.
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I'm worried about an economic
575
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collapse.
576
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I'm worried about martial law.
577
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I'm worried about an asteroid.
578
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I'm worried about Planet X.
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And the preparation for each one
580
00:20:07,674 --> 00:20:09,014
of those things is a little bit
581
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different.
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>> NARRATOR: According to a 2012
583
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report, more than three million
584
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Americans consider themselves
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survivalists or "preppers"--
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some going to extreme measures
587
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to prepare for a worst-case
588
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scenario.
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>> JONES: People that are
590
00:20:26,426 --> 00:20:27,756
prepping run the gamut.
591
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Some are paranoid; some
592
00:20:29,762 --> 00:20:31,332
understand that our society is
593
00:20:31,331 --> 00:20:33,571
precariously unstable and it's
594
00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:34,970
important to be prepared.
595
00:20:34,967 --> 00:20:36,367
I mean, my grandparents... they
596
00:20:36,369 --> 00:20:37,739
all had canned food, extra
597
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gasoline in a tank out back.
598
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They were all prepared, because
599
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they'd lived through the
600
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Depression and they knew that
601
00:20:44,611 --> 00:20:45,611
the system can't and won't
602
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protect you during a real
603
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crisis.
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>> TIM RALSTON: Back in the
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'60s, the American public had
606
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no idea we were two hours away
607
00:20:52,885 --> 00:20:54,715
from a nuclear holocaust.
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We didn't find out how close we
609
00:20:56,623 --> 00:20:58,333
really came to nuclear war till
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the past couple of years.
611
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And them not telling us those
612
00:21:01,894 --> 00:21:04,064
secrets should make people say,
613
00:21:04,063 --> 00:21:05,033
"Well, I gotta take care of
614
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myself."
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>> NARRATOR: The community
616
00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:09,940
shelter option offers certain
617
00:21:09,936 --> 00:21:11,996
survivalists the opportunity to
618
00:21:12,004 --> 00:21:14,044
buy into a fully-equipped
619
00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:15,910
doomsday bunker.
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00:21:15,908 --> 00:21:19,678
So far, Vivos claims over 25,000
621
00:21:19,679 --> 00:21:21,779
applicants for their shelters.
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Securing space in these bunkers
623
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costs between $7,000 and $50,000
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per person.
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And like the underground bunkers
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built by the government, these
627
00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:35,660
shelters will be capable of
628
00:21:35,662 --> 00:21:39,672
withstanding a nuclear blast.
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They also will be equipped with
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00:21:41,701 --> 00:21:43,101
comfortable living and dining
631
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areas and even medical
632
00:21:44,937 --> 00:21:47,937
facilities.
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>> RALSTON: I like that concept,
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because it does have a community
635
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base to it and they're very big
636
00:21:52,912 --> 00:21:54,382
and well-built.
637
00:21:54,381 --> 00:21:56,121
But, personally, I don't know if
638
00:21:56,115 --> 00:21:57,715
I would go there.
639
00:21:57,717 --> 00:21:58,947
I don't like having someone else
640
00:21:58,951 --> 00:22:01,691
have the key to, uh, my safety.
641
00:22:01,688 --> 00:22:03,818
Um, because what if they wanted
642
00:22:03,823 --> 00:22:05,693
to change the password and
643
00:22:05,692 --> 00:22:07,732
didn't tell me?
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00:22:07,727 --> 00:22:09,857
>> NARRATOR: Only members know
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00:22:09,862 --> 00:22:11,462
the exact location of their
646
00:22:11,464 --> 00:22:12,874
shelter.
647
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But just how will the company
648
00:22:14,534 --> 00:22:16,704
ensure that their bunkers will
649
00:22:16,703 --> 00:22:18,813
be completely safe in the "end
650
00:22:18,805 --> 00:22:21,135
times"?
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>> VICINO: You don't just walk
652
00:22:23,009 --> 00:22:24,709
into a Vivos shelter.
653
00:22:24,711 --> 00:22:26,711
They're extremely secure.
654
00:22:26,713 --> 00:22:27,883
We can tell whether you're a
655
00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,550
member or not from as far as
656
00:22:30,550 --> 00:22:32,850
a half-mile to a mile away.
657
00:22:32,852 --> 00:22:34,722
We're not out to have to put up
658
00:22:34,721 --> 00:22:37,721
offenses, and hopefully not
659
00:22:37,724 --> 00:22:38,994
defenses, even; we just want to
660
00:22:38,991 --> 00:22:40,891
be left alone.
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00:22:40,893 --> 00:22:42,463
>> NARRATOR: But not every
662
00:22:42,462 --> 00:22:44,732
survivalist trusts a privately
663
00:22:44,731 --> 00:22:46,031
owned and operated community
664
00:22:46,032 --> 00:22:47,872
shelter.
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00:22:47,867 --> 00:22:49,737
And others fear that the
666
00:22:49,736 --> 00:22:51,166
government may even have secret
667
00:22:51,170 --> 00:22:54,470
plans to swoop in and reclaim
668
00:22:54,474 --> 00:22:57,484
some of the old 1950s bomb
669
00:22:57,477 --> 00:22:59,777
shelters on doomsday.
670
00:22:59,779 --> 00:23:02,779
So just what covert methods are
671
00:23:02,782 --> 00:23:04,722
private preppers using?
672
00:23:11,891 --> 00:23:14,061
A workshop just outside Phoenix,
673
00:23:14,060 --> 00:23:15,930
Arizona.
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00:23:15,928 --> 00:23:17,858
Tim Ralston, an extreme
675
00:23:17,864 --> 00:23:19,904
survivalist who creates tools
676
00:23:19,899 --> 00:23:21,769
for doomsday preppers, is
677
00:23:21,768 --> 00:23:24,768
making what he calls a "Nax"-- a
678
00:23:24,771 --> 00:23:27,171
combination of a knife, ax,
679
00:23:27,206 --> 00:23:29,206
machete and hatchet.
680
00:23:29,208 --> 00:23:30,208
>> RALSTON: You gotta have an
681
00:23:30,209 --> 00:23:31,939
ax, you've got to have a machete
682
00:23:31,944 --> 00:23:33,784
and some type of camp knife that
683
00:23:33,780 --> 00:23:35,950
can do smaller work.
684
00:23:35,948 --> 00:23:37,548
It still has two-handed strike
685
00:23:37,550 --> 00:23:38,920
capability, so you can still
686
00:23:38,918 --> 00:23:40,818
really get a lot of power in it.
687
00:23:40,820 --> 00:23:41,820
This is one of those tools
688
00:23:41,821 --> 00:23:43,021
that's just a must-have.
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00:23:43,022 --> 00:23:44,522
>> NARRATOR: Some preppers
690
00:23:44,524 --> 00:23:46,194
believe the government won't be
691
00:23:46,192 --> 00:23:48,092
able to provide for the public
692
00:23:48,094 --> 00:23:50,234
in the event of doomsday, and
693
00:23:50,229 --> 00:23:52,029
that every citizen should be
694
00:23:52,031 --> 00:23:54,201
prepared at all times with
695
00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,500
enough food and water to last at
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00:23:56,503 --> 00:23:58,843
least 72 hours.
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00:23:58,838 --> 00:24:00,208
>> STEPHEN O'LEARY: In the event
698
00:24:00,206 --> 00:24:01,806
of a major breakdown, it's not
699
00:24:01,808 --> 00:24:04,078
just food, but medicine,
700
00:24:04,076 --> 00:24:05,806
ammunition... all these things
701
00:24:05,812 --> 00:24:07,252
can become in such short supply
702
00:24:07,246 --> 00:24:08,576
that people are willing to kill
703
00:24:08,581 --> 00:24:10,221
for them.
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00:24:10,216 --> 00:24:11,646
>> MULLER: For those that say,
705
00:24:11,651 --> 00:24:12,651
"Ah, what could happen?
706
00:24:12,652 --> 00:24:13,552
How bad could it get?"
707
00:24:13,553 --> 00:24:14,793
I give you Katrina.
708
00:24:14,821 --> 00:24:15,821
Things happen.
709
00:24:15,822 --> 00:24:17,822
We learned that this safety net
710
00:24:17,824 --> 00:24:18,864
of the government has big holes
711
00:24:18,858 --> 00:24:20,858
in it.
712
00:24:20,860 --> 00:24:21,860
There is no safety net.
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00:24:21,861 --> 00:24:22,861
>> (chanting): We want help!
714
00:24:22,862 --> 00:24:24,532
We want help!
715
00:24:24,531 --> 00:24:25,531
>> MULLER: And these people saw
716
00:24:25,532 --> 00:24:26,532
that.
717
00:24:26,533 --> 00:24:27,833
They had an awakening and now
718
00:24:27,834 --> 00:24:28,844
they're trying to prepare, just
719
00:24:28,835 --> 00:24:29,995
in case, so they can feed their
720
00:24:30,002 --> 00:24:31,142
family and keep their family
721
00:24:31,137 --> 00:24:33,837
warm.
722
00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:35,070
>> NARRATOR: But some fear the
723
00:24:35,074 --> 00:24:36,844
government is targeting this
724
00:24:36,843 --> 00:24:38,613
seemingly harmless group of
725
00:24:38,611 --> 00:24:39,951
survivalists.
726
00:24:39,946 --> 00:24:41,846
According to insider reports,
727
00:24:41,848 --> 00:24:44,078
the National Guard keeps a list
728
00:24:44,083 --> 00:24:46,093
of doomsday preppers and will
729
00:24:46,085 --> 00:24:48,585
give orders to its soldiers to
730
00:24:48,588 --> 00:24:50,258
treat them as terrorists in the
731
00:24:50,256 --> 00:24:53,886
event of a national emergency.
732
00:24:53,893 --> 00:24:55,263
>> O'LEARY: And so you've got a
733
00:24:55,261 --> 00:24:56,601
bunker in the middle of the
734
00:24:56,596 --> 00:24:57,896
desert or of the mountains.
735
00:24:57,897 --> 00:25:00,167
And you think that, uh, you're
736
00:25:00,166 --> 00:25:01,896
safe, because nobody knows where
737
00:25:01,901 --> 00:25:03,701
you're in-- where you're hiding.
738
00:25:03,703 --> 00:25:04,903
But there are government
739
00:25:04,904 --> 00:25:06,614
agencies who are locating and
740
00:25:06,606 --> 00:25:08,876
making maps of where all the
741
00:25:08,875 --> 00:25:09,905
people are who have all the
742
00:25:09,909 --> 00:25:11,679
stuff that will become necessary
743
00:25:11,711 --> 00:25:13,051
in the event of a disaster.
744
00:25:13,045 --> 00:25:14,275
>> RIVERO: The government
745
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:17,720
probably is tracking preppers.
746
00:25:17,717 --> 00:25:19,247
They want to know where the
747
00:25:19,251 --> 00:25:21,151
stored food is, where the stored
748
00:25:21,153 --> 00:25:23,623
ammunition is, where the
749
00:25:23,623 --> 00:25:25,023
materials are that might be
750
00:25:25,024 --> 00:25:26,294
grabbed at least by local
751
00:25:26,292 --> 00:25:28,292
jurisdictions, uh, and co-opted
752
00:25:28,327 --> 00:25:30,657
for the government's purposes.
753
00:25:30,663 --> 00:25:32,063
>> O'LEARY: For the original
754
00:25:32,064 --> 00:25:33,904
hard-core preppers, the
755
00:25:33,900 --> 00:25:35,640
government is not just useless.
756
00:25:35,635 --> 00:25:37,165
It's actually an enemy, planning
757
00:25:37,169 --> 00:25:39,609
to take away our guns or
758
00:25:39,606 --> 00:25:41,206
suppress civil liberties.
759
00:25:41,207 --> 00:25:42,637
>> NARRATOR: Are doomsday
760
00:25:42,642 --> 00:25:44,742
preppers really being monitored
761
00:25:44,744 --> 00:25:47,054
by the federal government?
762
00:25:47,046 --> 00:25:48,916
A government who eyes them as a
763
00:25:48,915 --> 00:25:50,345
source for potential backup
764
00:25:50,349 --> 00:25:53,219
supplies in the wake of a
765
00:25:53,219 --> 00:25:55,289
cataclysmic attack?
766
00:25:55,287 --> 00:25:57,757
Perhaps.
767
00:25:57,757 --> 00:25:59,927
But there are those who fear the
768
00:25:59,926 --> 00:26:01,926
United States government has
769
00:26:01,928 --> 00:26:04,928
another, even more shocking
770
00:26:04,931 --> 00:26:07,931
agenda, one which will allow not
771
00:26:07,934 --> 00:26:09,944
only for the confiscation of
772
00:26:09,936 --> 00:26:12,336
property and supplies, but for
773
00:26:12,338 --> 00:26:15,038
the complete control of every
774
00:26:15,041 --> 00:26:17,981
last American citizen.
775
00:26:34,260 --> 00:26:36,400
>> NARRATOR: President Obama
776
00:26:36,395 --> 00:26:38,395
signs the National Defense
777
00:26:38,397 --> 00:26:40,267
Resources Preparedness Executive
778
00:26:40,266 --> 00:26:42,096
Order.
779
00:26:42,101 --> 00:26:44,241
For many Americans, the
780
00:26:44,236 --> 00:26:46,106
directive goes virtually
781
00:26:46,105 --> 00:26:47,405
unnoticed.
782
00:26:47,406 --> 00:26:49,976
But to some, the presidential
783
00:26:49,976 --> 00:26:52,946
decree was both disturbing and
784
00:26:52,979 --> 00:26:55,249
alarming.
785
00:26:55,247 --> 00:26:56,417
>> MULLER: March of 2012, Obama
786
00:26:56,415 --> 00:26:58,415
signed, basically, martial law
787
00:26:58,417 --> 00:27:00,117
into effect.
788
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:01,289
And at any time, he can sign
789
00:27:01,287 --> 00:27:02,757
away all of our rights.
790
00:27:02,755 --> 00:27:04,985
And I mean all of our rights.
791
00:27:04,991 --> 00:27:06,291
There is no Constitution.
792
00:27:06,292 --> 00:27:07,992
>> AMBINDER: The president
793
00:27:07,994 --> 00:27:09,404
issued an executive order that
794
00:27:09,395 --> 00:27:12,025
seems to allow the executive
795
00:27:12,031 --> 00:27:14,371
branch to seize pretty much
796
00:27:14,366 --> 00:27:16,036
whatever it wants in an
797
00:27:16,035 --> 00:27:18,165
emergency for use in protecting
798
00:27:18,170 --> 00:27:20,310
the defense assets of the United
799
00:27:20,306 --> 00:27:22,406
States.
800
00:27:22,408 --> 00:27:25,438
In very broad terms, it applies
801
00:27:25,444 --> 00:27:27,114
to what's called the Defense
802
00:27:27,113 --> 00:27:29,053
Industrial Base, all of the
803
00:27:29,048 --> 00:27:30,318
private companies that do work
804
00:27:30,316 --> 00:27:31,716
with the government.
805
00:27:31,718 --> 00:27:33,018
>> JONES: Since the beginning
806
00:27:33,019 --> 00:27:35,189
of the Cold War, presidents like
807
00:27:35,187 --> 00:27:37,017
Eisenhower, Kennedy, right
808
00:27:37,023 --> 00:27:39,033
through Reagan and George W.
809
00:27:39,025 --> 00:27:41,455
Bush and Obama today, have all
810
00:27:41,460 --> 00:27:45,030
reissued executive orders
811
00:27:45,031 --> 00:27:47,031
allowing for the commandeering
812
00:27:47,033 --> 00:27:48,333
of telecommunications, water,
813
00:27:48,334 --> 00:27:50,474
food, highways, even the public,
814
00:27:50,469 --> 00:27:53,439
in forced labor, during a
815
00:27:53,439 --> 00:27:55,469
catastrophic event like a
816
00:27:55,474 --> 00:27:57,284
nuclear war or giant
817
00:27:57,276 --> 00:27:58,406
earthquakes.
818
00:27:58,410 --> 00:27:59,780
And these executive orders are
819
00:27:59,779 --> 00:28:01,149
on the books to suspend the
820
00:28:01,147 --> 00:28:03,077
Constitution and basically bring
821
00:28:03,082 --> 00:28:06,052
in martial law, and not just the
822
00:28:06,052 --> 00:28:07,322
seizure of all infrastructure
823
00:28:07,319 --> 00:28:09,059
and energy, but the seizure of
824
00:28:09,055 --> 00:28:11,815
individuals as human resources.
825
00:28:11,824 --> 00:28:13,334
>> JOSEPH: They can take you and
826
00:28:13,325 --> 00:28:15,085
tell you where you're gonna work
827
00:28:15,094 --> 00:28:16,804
and what you're gonna do and how
828
00:28:16,796 --> 00:28:18,156
you're gonna do it.
829
00:28:18,164 --> 00:28:20,034
Down to that level, if it's all
830
00:28:20,066 --> 00:28:22,836
executed.
831
00:28:22,835 --> 00:28:23,795
So then you take a look at,
832
00:28:23,803 --> 00:28:24,503
well, how are they gonna enforce
833
00:28:24,503 --> 00:28:25,843
that?
834
00:28:25,838 --> 00:28:27,068
You know, there's 314 million
835
00:28:27,073 --> 00:28:28,373
Americans here.
836
00:28:28,374 --> 00:28:30,084
How do you enforce something
837
00:28:30,076 --> 00:28:31,236
like that?
838
00:28:31,243 --> 00:28:33,313
Well, it's simple.
839
00:28:33,312 --> 00:28:35,482
You militarize the police force.
840
00:28:35,481 --> 00:28:37,351
Now, all of a sudden, you have a
841
00:28:37,349 --> 00:28:39,089
standing army in the United
842
00:28:39,085 --> 00:28:41,345
States.
843
00:28:41,353 --> 00:28:42,353
>> MULLER: Nothing happened in
844
00:28:42,354 --> 00:28:43,864
March of 2012 for this martial
845
00:28:43,856 --> 00:28:44,856
law to be declared by our
846
00:28:44,857 --> 00:28:47,087
president, but it happened.
847
00:28:47,093 --> 00:28:49,103
This power, now, in the hands of
848
00:28:49,095 --> 00:28:52,095
any president, is frightening.
849
00:28:52,098 --> 00:28:53,368
>> NARRATOR: Is it possible that
850
00:28:53,365 --> 00:28:55,225
the U.S. government is secretly
851
00:28:55,234 --> 00:28:57,244
preparing to use the threat of a
852
00:28:57,236 --> 00:29:00,106
nuclear attack or a natural
853
00:29:00,106 --> 00:29:02,506
disaster in order to enact
854
00:29:02,508 --> 00:29:04,938
martial law?
855
00:29:04,944 --> 00:29:06,884
Could they really eliminate
856
00:29:06,879 --> 00:29:09,419
basic freedoms and take control
857
00:29:09,415 --> 00:29:13,115
of all guns, survival materials,
858
00:29:13,152 --> 00:29:17,122
equipment and food supplies?
859
00:29:17,123 --> 00:29:18,123
>> RIVERO: What this is saying
860
00:29:18,124 --> 00:29:19,364
is that if there is a declared
861
00:29:19,358 --> 00:29:21,228
state of war, the executive
862
00:29:21,227 --> 00:29:23,397
branch and the administration
863
00:29:23,395 --> 00:29:25,525
will have direct control over
864
00:29:25,531 --> 00:29:27,371
important sectors of the U.S.
865
00:29:27,399 --> 00:29:29,139
economy.
866
00:29:29,135 --> 00:29:31,865
If you are a petroleum refinery
867
00:29:31,871 --> 00:29:33,411
and the government says, "We
868
00:29:33,405 --> 00:29:35,135
need the oil and gas for the war
869
00:29:35,141 --> 00:29:37,141
machine," then the gas pumps at
870
00:29:37,143 --> 00:29:40,513
the gas stations go dry.
871
00:29:40,512 --> 00:29:41,512
>> AMBINDER: The wording of the
872
00:29:41,513 --> 00:29:43,553
executive order is pretty clear.
873
00:29:43,549 --> 00:29:46,149
It gives the president the
874
00:29:46,152 --> 00:29:49,162
authority to use the resources
875
00:29:49,155 --> 00:29:51,555
of these companies in order to
876
00:29:51,557 --> 00:29:53,157
protect national security in an
877
00:29:53,159 --> 00:29:55,459
emergency.
878
00:29:55,461 --> 00:29:57,461
>> NARRATOR: In all of United
879
00:29:57,463 --> 00:30:00,273
States history, martial law has
880
00:30:00,266 --> 00:30:02,866
rarely been formally declared.
881
00:30:02,869 --> 00:30:05,299
Many believe, however, that in
882
00:30:05,304 --> 00:30:07,474
2005, a version of it was
883
00:30:07,473 --> 00:30:09,913
employed during the aftermath of
884
00:30:09,909 --> 00:30:12,009
Hurricane Katrina, when an
885
00:30:12,011 --> 00:30:14,011
alleged order was issued to
886
00:30:14,013 --> 00:30:16,923
police officers authorizing them
887
00:30:16,916 --> 00:30:18,576
to shoot looters.
888
00:30:18,584 --> 00:30:20,224
But now, in today's
889
00:30:20,219 --> 00:30:22,619
technologically advanced world,
890
00:30:22,621 --> 00:30:24,191
the specter of an all-powerful
891
00:30:24,190 --> 00:30:25,360
federal government declaring
892
00:30:25,357 --> 00:30:27,457
martial law takes on a whole new
893
00:30:27,459 --> 00:30:29,899
meaning, especially when
894
00:30:29,896 --> 00:30:31,296
considering the president's
895
00:30:31,297 --> 00:30:33,227
ability to flip a so-called
896
00:30:33,232 --> 00:30:36,202
"Internet kill switch."
897
00:30:36,202 --> 00:30:37,342
>> RIVERO: The idea of an
898
00:30:37,336 --> 00:30:39,206
Internet kill switch has been
899
00:30:39,205 --> 00:30:40,305
talked about ever since the
900
00:30:40,306 --> 00:30:42,936
Internet broke wild back in the
901
00:30:42,942 --> 00:30:44,212
1970s.
902
00:30:44,210 --> 00:30:46,980
And it certainly can be done
903
00:30:46,979 --> 00:30:49,379
through powering off the
904
00:30:49,381 --> 00:30:51,351
backbone provider machines or
905
00:30:51,350 --> 00:30:53,950
simply by mounting massive
906
00:30:53,953 --> 00:30:55,223
distributed denial-of-service
907
00:30:55,221 --> 00:30:56,621
attacks on the major hubs of
908
00:30:56,622 --> 00:30:58,222
the Internet.
909
00:30:58,224 --> 00:30:59,534
And for an agency like the
910
00:30:59,525 --> 00:31:01,225
NSA, which has the computer
911
00:31:01,227 --> 00:31:02,997
power to do it, they could shut
912
00:31:02,995 --> 00:31:04,225
off the Internet simply by
913
00:31:04,230 --> 00:31:05,230
jamming it to the point of
914
00:31:05,231 --> 00:31:06,971
unusability.
915
00:31:06,966 --> 00:31:08,626
>> AMBINDER: In a classified
916
00:31:08,634 --> 00:31:10,374
document, which we've seen
917
00:31:10,369 --> 00:31:11,469
because of one of the Edward
918
00:31:11,470 --> 00:31:13,240
Snowden leaks, spells out very
919
00:31:13,239 --> 00:31:15,239
precisely under what criteria
920
00:31:15,241 --> 00:31:17,011
and how the executive branch
921
00:31:17,009 --> 00:31:19,249
will go about declaring that a
922
00:31:19,245 --> 00:31:21,245
certain node in the
923
00:31:21,247 --> 00:31:22,677
communications system, or a
924
00:31:22,681 --> 00:31:24,481
certain set of servers, are
925
00:31:24,483 --> 00:31:25,653
critically damaged and
926
00:31:25,651 --> 00:31:27,251
therefore, for a short period of
927
00:31:27,253 --> 00:31:28,493
time, will be under government
928
00:31:28,487 --> 00:31:30,657
control.
929
00:31:30,656 --> 00:31:31,986
>> NARRATOR: But what could
930
00:31:31,991 --> 00:31:33,561
happen if the nation's computer
931
00:31:33,559 --> 00:31:35,659
network was suddenly
932
00:31:35,661 --> 00:31:37,561
compromised?
933
00:31:37,563 --> 00:31:40,003
Is the government prepared to
934
00:31:39,999 --> 00:31:43,399
overcome a digital disaster?
935
00:31:43,402 --> 00:31:45,702
Could an enemy really bring the
936
00:31:45,704 --> 00:31:47,414
American economy and
937
00:31:47,406 --> 00:31:49,636
infrastructure to its knees with
938
00:31:49,641 --> 00:31:53,251
just one keystroke?
939
00:32:10,562 --> 00:32:12,062
>> NARRATOR: "Cyber ShockWave"--
940
00:32:12,064 --> 00:32:14,304
a simulated cyber-attack on the
941
00:32:14,300 --> 00:32:15,430
United States-- starts
942
00:32:15,434 --> 00:32:18,304
assaulting the computers of key
943
00:32:18,304 --> 00:32:21,074
government officials.
944
00:32:21,073 --> 00:32:22,743
By the end of the 12-hour war
945
00:32:22,741 --> 00:32:26,081
game, it is clear that if the
946
00:32:26,078 --> 00:32:28,448
attack had been real, the U.S.
947
00:32:28,447 --> 00:32:30,047
would have been virtually shut
948
00:32:30,049 --> 00:32:31,979
down.
949
00:32:35,321 --> 00:32:36,321
>> KRISTOL: I recently spoke
950
00:32:36,322 --> 00:32:37,692
with a very senior military
951
00:32:37,689 --> 00:32:38,759
official who just left the
952
00:32:38,757 --> 00:32:40,057
government.
953
00:32:40,059 --> 00:32:41,329
And I said, "What's the one
954
00:32:41,327 --> 00:32:41,857
thing that keeps you up at
955
00:32:41,860 --> 00:32:43,060
night?
956
00:32:43,062 --> 00:32:43,732
What do you worry about over the
957
00:32:43,729 --> 00:32:44,759
next five to ten years?"
958
00:32:44,763 --> 00:32:47,173
And he said, "Cyber."
959
00:32:47,166 --> 00:32:48,326
>> MICHAEL DOWNING: In this
960
00:32:48,334 --> 00:32:49,774
country, what we're really
961
00:32:49,768 --> 00:32:51,498
worried about and what we're
962
00:32:51,503 --> 00:32:53,343
probably not as prepared as we
963
00:32:53,339 --> 00:32:55,439
should be for is a cyber-attack,
964
00:32:55,441 --> 00:32:57,741
something that shuts down our
965
00:32:57,743 --> 00:32:59,783
power grids, our sanitation
966
00:32:59,778 --> 00:33:03,618
systems, communications systems,
967
00:33:03,615 --> 00:33:05,345
things that run our
968
00:33:05,351 --> 00:33:08,351
transportation, train stations,
969
00:33:08,354 --> 00:33:11,364
the ability to fuel your cars.
970
00:33:11,357 --> 00:33:12,387
>> KESSLER: All these things
971
00:33:12,391 --> 00:33:13,761
could lead to doomsday, because
972
00:33:13,759 --> 00:33:16,129
we wouldn't get food.
973
00:33:16,128 --> 00:33:17,798
We wouldn't have refrigeration.
974
00:33:17,796 --> 00:33:20,666
If that were to happen, we could
975
00:33:20,666 --> 00:33:23,066
be in a situation where millions
976
00:33:23,069 --> 00:33:24,069
of people starve to death
977
00:33:24,070 --> 00:33:27,810
because there's no food.
978
00:33:27,806 --> 00:33:29,376
>> NARRATOR: So just how
979
00:33:29,375 --> 00:33:31,075
vulnerable is the United States
980
00:33:31,077 --> 00:33:33,807
to a digital attack?
981
00:33:33,812 --> 00:33:35,612
And how quickly could the
982
00:33:35,614 --> 00:33:38,154
government regain control of the
983
00:33:38,150 --> 00:33:39,550
nation's computer
984
00:33:39,551 --> 00:33:42,391
infrastructure?
985
00:33:42,388 --> 00:33:43,418
>> KRISTOL: Cyber is complicated
986
00:33:43,422 --> 00:33:44,422
because so many of the threats
987
00:33:44,423 --> 00:33:46,163
are against the private sector,
988
00:33:46,158 --> 00:33:48,158
not just the government.
989
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:49,560
>> AMBINDER: The Department of
990
00:33:49,561 --> 00:33:51,401
Homeland Security is technically
991
00:33:51,397 --> 00:33:53,567
in charge of protecting federal
992
00:33:53,565 --> 00:33:55,495
government computer systems from
993
00:33:55,534 --> 00:33:56,804
cyber-attack.
994
00:33:56,802 --> 00:33:58,542
And private corporations are in
995
00:33:58,537 --> 00:33:59,807
charge of protecting the
996
00:33:59,805 --> 00:34:01,765
Internet infrastructure, because
997
00:34:01,773 --> 00:34:03,513
90% of the Internet doesn't
998
00:34:03,509 --> 00:34:05,539
belong to the government.
999
00:34:05,544 --> 00:34:06,854
And this is one of the reasons
1000
00:34:06,845 --> 00:34:08,405
why it's been so hard to come up
1001
00:34:08,414 --> 00:34:10,424
with a coherent cyber security
1002
00:34:10,416 --> 00:34:11,416
policy.
1003
00:34:11,417 --> 00:34:12,717
>> KRISTOL: The military thinks,
1004
00:34:12,718 --> 00:34:14,188
"Gee, the whole electricity grid
1005
00:34:14,186 --> 00:34:15,416
of the U.S. may be vulnerable to
1006
00:34:15,421 --> 00:34:17,421
a cyber-attack," but then they
1007
00:34:17,423 --> 00:34:18,193
have to go see all the
1008
00:34:18,190 --> 00:34:20,560
electricity companies and say,
1009
00:34:20,559 --> 00:34:22,429
"We need you to spend this money
1010
00:34:22,428 --> 00:34:23,428
or maybe we need the government
1011
00:34:23,429 --> 00:34:24,429
to appropriate money that's
1012
00:34:24,430 --> 00:34:25,830
going to a private company."
1013
00:34:25,831 --> 00:34:27,871
So how does that work exactly?
1014
00:34:27,866 --> 00:34:30,466
So I think cyber's, again, more
1015
00:34:30,469 --> 00:34:32,869
complicated in that way.
1016
00:34:32,871 --> 00:34:33,871
>> NARRATOR: The federal
1017
00:34:33,872 --> 00:34:35,672
government has reportedly spent
1018
00:34:35,674 --> 00:34:37,744
billions of dollars to secretly
1019
00:34:37,743 --> 00:34:41,483
prepare for cyber-attacks.
1020
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,850
In May 2010, the United States
1021
00:34:44,850 --> 00:34:46,890
Cyber Command Center commenced
1022
00:34:46,885 --> 00:34:49,455
operations at Fort Meade in
1023
00:34:49,455 --> 00:34:51,185
Maryland.
1024
00:34:51,190 --> 00:34:52,460
Its leader?
1025
00:34:52,458 --> 00:34:53,758
The director of the National
1026
00:34:53,759 --> 00:34:56,159
Security Agency.
1027
00:34:56,162 --> 00:34:57,162
>> KESSLER: The Cyber Command
1028
00:34:57,163 --> 00:34:59,303
Center is part of NSA, is
1029
00:34:59,298 --> 00:35:01,298
tracking threats against U.S.
1030
00:35:01,300 --> 00:35:04,770
government computers and systems
1031
00:35:04,770 --> 00:35:08,570
as well as private systems.
1032
00:35:08,574 --> 00:35:10,484
And if China were to actually
1033
00:35:10,476 --> 00:35:12,236
engage in an all-out
1034
00:35:12,244 --> 00:35:13,614
cyber-attack on the United
1035
00:35:13,612 --> 00:35:16,482
States, the Cyber Command Center
1036
00:35:16,482 --> 00:35:17,482
could very well launch a
1037
00:35:17,483 --> 00:35:19,523
counterattack, using the same
1038
00:35:19,518 --> 00:35:21,618
kind of techniques, to take out
1039
00:35:21,620 --> 00:35:23,220
China's communications and
1040
00:35:23,222 --> 00:35:26,232
China's computer systems.
1041
00:35:26,225 --> 00:35:27,585
That would be equivalent of
1042
00:35:27,593 --> 00:35:29,863
declaring war on China.
1043
00:35:29,861 --> 00:35:31,801
But that's the era that we live
1044
00:35:31,797 --> 00:35:33,927
in.
1045
00:35:33,932 --> 00:35:35,502
>> NARRATOR: Is it really
1046
00:35:35,501 --> 00:35:37,801
possible that doomsday will come
1047
00:35:37,803 --> 00:35:41,243
in the form of cyberwarfare?
1048
00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:44,210
Many believe that the answer is
1049
00:35:44,210 --> 00:35:47,750
not a matter of if, but when.
1050
00:35:47,746 --> 00:35:50,816
And that even now, the nation's
1051
00:35:50,816 --> 00:35:52,916
critical infrastructures are
1052
00:35:52,918 --> 00:35:55,648
severely at risk.
1053
00:35:55,654 --> 00:35:57,524
>> AMBINDER: One of my biggest
1054
00:35:57,523 --> 00:35:59,263
fears is that the
1055
00:35:59,258 --> 00:36:00,528
compartmentalization of these
1056
00:36:00,526 --> 00:36:02,526
plans within the executive
1057
00:36:02,528 --> 00:36:03,528
branch, between the branches, is
1058
00:36:03,529 --> 00:36:05,529
so great that if there were a
1059
00:36:05,531 --> 00:36:06,971
catastrophe, an emergency,
1060
00:36:06,965 --> 00:36:08,925
people wouldn't know whom to
1061
00:36:08,934 --> 00:36:11,274
contact and what to do.
1062
00:36:11,270 --> 00:36:12,900
The secrecy itself would get in
1063
00:36:12,904 --> 00:36:14,774
the way of smooth and efficient
1064
00:36:14,773 --> 00:36:15,943
functioning.
1065
00:36:15,941 --> 00:36:18,581
The secrecy itself could hasten
1066
00:36:18,577 --> 00:36:20,647
catastrophe.
1067
00:36:20,646 --> 00:36:21,706
>> NARRATOR: As the countdown to
1068
00:36:21,713 --> 00:36:24,983
doomsday continues, many fear
1069
00:36:24,983 --> 00:36:27,723
that Mother Nature may be
1070
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:30,389
mankind's biggest threat.
1071
00:36:30,389 --> 00:36:32,319
And some experts are warning
1072
00:36:32,324 --> 00:36:34,994
that hurricanes, tsunamis and
1073
00:36:34,993 --> 00:36:37,733
earthquakes are just child's
1074
00:36:37,729 --> 00:36:41,699
play compared to other deadly
1075
00:36:41,700 --> 00:36:43,970
disasters looming over the
1076
00:36:44,002 --> 00:37:00,252
planet.
1077
00:37:00,286 --> 00:37:02,286
>> NARRATOR: Former Speaker of
1078
00:37:02,288 --> 00:37:03,988
the House Newt Gingrich delivers
1079
00:37:03,989 --> 00:37:06,629
an ominous speech, warning that
1080
00:37:06,625 --> 00:37:08,985
perhaps the most dangerous
1081
00:37:08,994 --> 00:37:10,604
threat to the planet is an
1082
00:37:10,596 --> 00:37:15,296
electromagnetic pulse-- or EMP--
1083
00:37:15,301 --> 00:37:16,901
that could be triggered by a
1084
00:37:16,902 --> 00:37:19,772
solar flare or a nuclear blast
1085
00:37:19,771 --> 00:37:21,711
in outer space.
1086
00:37:24,743 --> 00:37:25,743
>> RALSTON: Basically, in
1087
00:37:25,744 --> 00:37:28,614
laymen's terms, it's taking a,
1088
00:37:28,614 --> 00:37:30,354
um, a nuclear bomb and then
1089
00:37:30,349 --> 00:37:31,619
exploding it in our
1090
00:37:31,617 --> 00:37:34,617
stratosphere.
1091
00:37:34,620 --> 00:37:36,390
It sends a radio wave of
1092
00:37:36,388 --> 00:37:38,018
millions and millions of volts
1093
00:37:38,023 --> 00:37:39,633
of energy throughout the
1094
00:37:39,625 --> 00:37:40,755
atmosphere.
1095
00:37:40,759 --> 00:37:42,059
And it basically will fry out
1096
00:37:42,060 --> 00:37:44,360
everything that you have that's
1097
00:37:44,363 --> 00:37:45,633
electronic.
1098
00:37:45,631 --> 00:37:47,471
So everything that you have that
1099
00:37:47,466 --> 00:37:49,636
makes your world go 'round, from
1100
00:37:49,635 --> 00:37:52,765
your cell phones to your car,
1101
00:37:52,771 --> 00:37:54,041
everything would cease in an
1102
00:37:54,039 --> 00:37:55,969
instant.
1103
00:37:59,911 --> 00:38:00,911
>> JONES: If there was a giant
1104
00:38:00,912 --> 00:38:03,682
EMP, either man-made or by the
1105
00:38:03,682 --> 00:38:06,692
sun, scientists are in agreement
1106
00:38:06,685 --> 00:38:07,915
that it could knock out all the
1107
00:38:07,919 --> 00:38:09,689
major power systems of the
1108
00:38:09,688 --> 00:38:11,088
world.
1109
00:38:11,089 --> 00:38:12,659
And then over 400 nuclear
1110
00:38:12,658 --> 00:38:14,058
reactors would start melting
1111
00:38:14,059 --> 00:38:16,659
down in a matter of weeks
1112
00:38:16,662 --> 00:38:17,932
without electrical power or
1113
00:38:17,929 --> 00:38:19,669
diesel power.
1114
00:38:19,665 --> 00:38:20,925
That's one of the big threats.
1115
00:38:20,932 --> 00:38:23,442
>> VICINO: It's not just "flip
1116
00:38:23,435 --> 00:38:24,765
the switch and it's all coming
1117
00:38:24,770 --> 00:38:27,940
back on tomorrow."
1118
00:38:27,939 --> 00:38:29,679
In fact, it'll be out for as
1119
00:38:29,675 --> 00:38:31,975
much as ten years, because some
1120
00:38:31,977 --> 00:38:33,507
of the transformers on the
1121
00:38:33,512 --> 00:38:34,982
infrastructure will take that
1122
00:38:34,980 --> 00:38:36,650
long to rebuild under normal
1123
00:38:36,682 --> 00:38:38,952
conditions.
1124
00:38:38,950 --> 00:38:40,690
>> NARRATOR: Will an
1125
00:38:40,686 --> 00:38:42,686
electromagnetic pulse really
1126
00:38:42,688 --> 00:38:46,088
destroy the American society?
1127
00:38:46,091 --> 00:38:48,131
Or will doomsday arrive in the
1128
00:38:48,126 --> 00:38:50,426
form of something completely
1129
00:38:50,429 --> 00:38:51,959
different?
1130
00:38:51,963 --> 00:38:52,963
>> KESSLER: There are so many
1131
00:38:52,964 --> 00:38:54,104
threats out there that would
1132
00:38:54,099 --> 00:38:57,099
create a doomsday situation:
1133
00:38:57,102 --> 00:39:00,142
nuclear threat, biological,
1134
00:39:00,138 --> 00:39:04,108
radiological threat or an EMP
1135
00:39:04,109 --> 00:39:05,139
attack.
1136
00:39:05,143 --> 00:39:06,113
These are all things that are
1137
00:39:06,144 --> 00:39:07,854
possible.
1138
00:39:07,846 --> 00:39:09,946
I think the most likely attack
1139
00:39:09,948 --> 00:39:11,818
would be, uh, radiological or
1140
00:39:11,817 --> 00:39:15,717
biological, because it would be
1141
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very, very easy for terrorists
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to bring in these weapons to a
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city like Washington or New York
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and just wipe out millions of
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people.
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It's almost a miracle that this
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has not happened already.
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>> RALSTON: There's other
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scenarios.
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I mean... you just spin a globe
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and point your finger and you're
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gonna find a disaster happening.
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Mother Nature is never gonna
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show her cards, whether it's an
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00:39:42,013 --> 00:39:45,023
earthquake...
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00:39:45,016 --> 00:39:47,886
tornados...
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tsunami.
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Things that you can't control.
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Those are the things I most
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fear.
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>> VICINO: Doomsday isn't really
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gonna be a day.
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It's kind of a period of time.
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And I think we're already in it.
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>> MULLER: Doomsday, it's not
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a question of "if," it's a
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question of "when."
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00:40:13,144 --> 00:40:14,154
And it's going to happen in the
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twinkling of an eye.
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And when something happens, the
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government, they want to protect
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their own.
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They are actively building deep
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underground bunkers so that they
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can survive.
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It's about the continuity of
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government and that's what their
1178
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agenda is.
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And so you have to ask yourself:
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what do they know that we don't
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know?
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And I would say a lot.
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>> RALSTON: I think the
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government doesn't tell us 1/10
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of the information that they
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have.
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And that's just to keep the
1188
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people from panicking.
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There's just nothing they can do
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to save everybody.
1191
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So I don't think that they would
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even tell us if there was
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something going on.
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>> KRISTOL: I'm not privy to the
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secrets of the U.S. government,
1196
00:40:52,083 --> 00:40:53,223
haven't been for 20 years, but
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I'll tell you this, it's very
1198
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hard to keep up with the
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threats.
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00:40:56,555 --> 00:40:57,815
They think they are sort of on
1201
00:40:57,823 --> 00:40:58,993
top of them, but they are not
1202
00:40:58,990 --> 00:41:01,230
certain, and it's a case where,
1203
00:41:01,226 --> 00:41:02,556
if you get surprised, the
1204
00:41:02,561 --> 00:41:03,831
surprise could be very sudden
1205
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and very nasty.
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>> MULLER: We don't know what
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they know.
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00:41:07,833 --> 00:41:09,003
But I will tell you, from the
1209
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,100
outside looking in, what's
1210
00:41:11,102 --> 00:41:14,872
coming for us must be horrific.
1211
00:41:14,873 --> 00:41:16,983
We're on the verge of the
1212
00:41:16,975 --> 00:41:17,975
worst-case scenario, because
1213
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that's what they're preparing
1214
00:41:18,977 --> 00:41:20,847
for.
1215
00:41:20,846 --> 00:41:22,106
>> NARRATOR: With so many
1216
00:41:22,113 --> 00:41:25,123
threats facing our nation, is an
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00:41:25,116 --> 00:41:27,116
enormous, cataclysmic event
1218
00:41:27,118 --> 00:41:30,158
inevitable?
1219
00:41:30,155 --> 00:41:32,215
And when the end comes, will we
1220
00:41:32,223 --> 00:41:35,293
be prepared?
1221
00:41:35,293 --> 00:41:37,863
One thing is certain: the
1222
00:41:37,863 --> 00:41:40,873
Doomsday Clock is ticking,
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and it is only a matter of time
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before our time runs out.
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