content: "The plan, outlined in a June 30, 1982, memo obtained by the Herald, was a revised version of contingency plans ...suspension of the Constitution, turning control of the United States over to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, appointment of military commanders to run state and local governments and declaration of martial law."  -- It was still active in 2001: "The emergency plans Rumsfeld and Cheney were involved with since the 1980s culminated in autumn 2001. On the morning of September 11th the secret COG program was implemented for the first time.  Shortly before 10:00 a.m., after the impact of the third plane into the Pentagon, Cheney gave the order to execute it."