President Obama extends 9/11 state of emergency

[Stirring_the_Pot]

I suppose President Obama perceives a threat also?


http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2010-22988_PI.pdf

NOTICE
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CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT
TO CERTAIN TERRORIST ATTACKS
Consistent with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies
Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622(d), I am continuing for 1 year the national
emergency previously declared on September 14, 2001, in
Proclamation 7463, with respect to the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001, and the continuing and immediate threat
of further attacks on the United States.
Because the terrorist threat continues, the national
emergency declared on September 14, 2001, and the powers and
authorities adopted to deal with that emergency must continue in
effect beyond September 14, 2010. Therefore, I am continuing in
effect for an additional year the national emergency that was
declared on September 14, 2001, with respect to the terrorist
threat.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 10, 2010.
[FR Doc. 2010-22988 Filed 09/10/2010 at 1:30 pm; Publication
Date: 09/13/2010]

[Kensey]

I doubt any President will ever not renew a state of emergency unless power to do so is taken from them by Congress or the Supreme Court. Never-ending "emergencies" were the reason for a bill passed in 1976 that specifically limited Presidential power to declare and continue states of emergency (it appears the Patriot Act supersedes that law now, or at least part of it).

[Tony]

Of course, the problem with extending an alert for too long is that we begin to get complacent.