{"id":34975,"date":"2020-03-20T20:12:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T04:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=34975"},"modified":"2020-03-20T20:12:05","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T04:12:05","slug":"scott-horton-interviews-william-arkin-on-the-militarys-top-secret-coronavirus-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/20\/scott-horton-interviews-william-arkin-on-the-militarys-top-secret-coronavirus-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Horton Interviews William Arkin on the Military’s Top Secret Coronavirus Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scott interviews William Arkin<\/a> about his recent Newsweek <\/em>article<\/a> discussing the the government\u2019s various contingency plans\u2014both public and secret\u2014to keep a functioning, constitutional government alive during a national crisis. He is not so concerned about the introduction of martial law as usually conceived, which he considers unlikely, but worries about something called devolving succession, a process by which a group outside the usual, public line of succession could declare themselves a legitimate government. One problem with this system is that these figures are essentially unknown to the American public. Arkin believes that more transparency with respect to the government\u2019s succession plans would increase faith among the American people that they are in good hands in emergencies.<\/p>\n