A much publicized at the time, NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE/NSPD 51 posted on the White House website on May 9th, 2007, is now even more relevant. The law gives the president unprecedented powers which many have interpreted to mean command of all three branches: The Progressive Wikipedia NPR In summary the directive states that following a "Catastrophic Emergency", which is defined as: "any incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties,...