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It could end up being anything from a single nuclear device in a single target city, to one placed in several major cities in several regions of the country [...]
The attacks will naturally lead to a consolidation of various federal executive departments, nearly total usurpation of state and local authority, suspension of fundamental legal protections and a mobilization of all services in the U.S. military. Constitutional requirements of due process and habeas corpus will immediately be suspended, as intelligence officials warn the politicians and executive officials that the perpetrators are still in the country, further attacks are possible and no time can be wasted on bureaucracy.
The federal government's power of eminent domain will be exercised unchecked and without compensation, as law enforcement officials, military forces and private contractors seize vast tracts of land and thousands of homes and buildings in their attempts to "preserve life and maintain order". [...]
A large part of the federal and state court systems will first be overwhelmed, and then either completely made inaccessible or transformed into "validation stations". Any group of people who attempt to resist officially-decreed subordination will be labeled as a local insurgent force. If its members do not quickly give up resistance, then they will either be killed or indefinitely imprisoned after they are tortured for information. Indeed, active resistance would appear to be nothing short of futile, and people will feel forced to inform on their critical neighbors.
What, then, can anyone possibly to do to avoid such a radical outcome when the underlying decisions have already been made and the necessary technology is already in place? I believe the answer to that question is essentially two words - systemic defection. The people who have been trained for years to defend the system at all costs must find it in within themselves to disobey a direct order. They must shift their loyalties, re-direct their courage and spread it through the ranks like a wildfire. Defection must be a disease; one that roots itself in the brain and quickly catches.
The fear of being punished for insubordination or treason must be outweighed by the desire to die for ideals of equality and freedom. Insurgent groups and local law enforcement must join forces with the uniformed soldiers to realize a goal that would never be accomplished if they all remained separate. People of all races and both genders must finally escape from the "melting pot" in which they stew. That is how the scariest story ever told could ultimately become a story about unparalleled hardship, perseverance and defiance in the face of humanity's deepest fears.
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