Newly disclosed documents have revealed the United States government's plans in the event of potential apocalypses - which include putting the kibosh on all civilian communications during wartime.
The previously classified files, obtained by the NYU nonpartisan nonprofit the Brennan Center for Justice, detail wartime powers the president can enact in the case of a national emergency - such as a nuclear attack.
The center obtained the 500 pages files through a Freedom of Information Act request. A further 6,000 pages were kept classified.
Several of the files, which were all penned during the administration of George W. Bush, detail a law that permits the president to take over or shut down communications networks in wartime.
The policy, called the Communications Act, asserts that 'during the continuance of a war in which the United States is engaged, the President is authorized, if he finds it necessary for the national defense and security,' to nix civilians' means of communication.
'He may give these directions at and for such times as he may determine,' the guidance goes on, 'and may modify, change, suspend, or annul them and for any such purpose he is authorized to issue orders directly, or through such person or persons as he designates for the purpose.'
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