Lee Rogers of RogueGovernment.com and Mike Swenson of truthorlies.org;
July 13, 2007

The Department of the Treasury today held a post-disaster exercise in
conjunction with the local community in Tampa Bay. The post-disaster
exercise received very little media coverage but has now been confirmed
to have taken place, according to the newsroom at Tampa Bay NBC
affiliate WFLA-TV. WFLA-TV was issued a press release by the Department
of the Treasury and the local county regarding the drill. For whatever
reason, WFLA decided that this post-disaster exercise did not deserve
much attention and was not covered on their TV news broadcast.

The lack of media coverage is surprising considering the fact that the
U.S. Dollar is registering all-time lows against other currencies, there
are fears of a U.S. Dollar collapse and institutions like the Bank for
International Settlements
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are warning of a possible global depression. The Department of the
Treasury holding a post-disaster exercise of any sort is in fact
extremely significant, considering the current problems with the U.S.
Dollar. The language of the press release states that the purpose of the
exercise was to test the ability of financial
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institutions, federal and state regulators, state and local government
officials and state and local first responders to quickly get to their
feet after any disaster. This is opened ended and indicates that this
could have been a drill to prepare for any number of disasters from
terrorism to a natural disaster or an economic collapse but the main
focus clearly revolves around the financial community. The question is
why the focus around the financial community
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? Are they preparing for something that we don't know about?

Mike Swenson, host of the talk radio program "Revolution Radio and
webmaster of the anti-NWO web site Truth or Lies, called the WFLA-TV
newsroom during the first hour of his program Thursday night regarding
this exercise after being tipped off about the drill by a caller.

The caller to Swenson's radio program described hearing a broadcast news
report on Fox NewsRadio 970-WFLA in Tampa, in which they described a
"terror drill" being conducted in downtown Tampa. Further investigation
into the matter by the caller revealed little information from other
mainstream outlets across the Tampa area.

Further, the caller went on to state that a friend of his, who works in
the Verizon building in downtown Tampa, told him that the high-rise
building had been shut down for "terror drills". Again, the media failed
to report this.

Go to 'http://truthorlies.org/07-12-07-Hour-1.mp3'
<http://truthorlies.org/07-12-07-Hour-1.mp3'> to Listen to the
Broadcast.

The WFLA news room confirmed the news of a drill that was conducted by
the Department of the Treasury in Tampa Bay. Following Mike's phone
call with WFLA, we followed up with the news room, asking them to send a
copy of the press release to us.

Below is the full press release issued by the Department of the Treasury
and the local County that was sent to us by WFLA.

Exercise Announcement Contacts:

Willie Puz, Hillsborough County Communications, (813) 307-8379
Jennifer Zuccarelli, Office of Public Affairs, Department of the
Treasury, (202) 622-8657

Hillsborough County's Financial Community Readies for Disaster
Response

How fast can the Bay area's financial community rebound after a
disaster? Whether it's providing recovery goods and services,
continued investment trading, or getting back to day-to-day business,
the financial infrastructure needs to be in place to make it happen. The
U.S. Department of the Treasury, FloridaFIRST Tampa Bay regional
financial coalition and Hillsborough County are conducting this
post-disaster exercise on Thursday, July 12 at the Hillsborough
Emergency Operations Center, 2711 E. Hanna Avenue, Tampa at 10 a.m.

The test will bring together area financial institutions, federal and
state financial regulators, state and local government officials, and
state and local first responders to test their ability to quickly get
back on their feet after any disaster. Studies have shown that the
longer it takes to return to normalcy, the more devastating the economic
consequences are for that community.

FloridaFIRST Tampa Bay plays an important role in our strategy as the
Sector Specific Agency for the Banking and Finance
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Sector to protect the critical infrastructure. This exercise will help
the public and private sectors work together to refine our plans,
procedures, and response to potential crises, said U.S. Treasury
Director Valerie Abend.

A portion of the resilience exercise is open to the media. U.S.
Department of Treasury, FloridaFIRST and Hillsborough County Emergency
Management officials will be available for interviews during a scheduled
press conference at 10 a.m. to discuss the exercise.

It is interesting to note that the institution mentioned in the press
release called FloridaFIRST is specifically dedicated to protecting
financial institutions. There is also another institution called
ChicagoFIRST that was recently formed as well, which indicates this is
part of a larger program. Below is the text from a press release from
the Department of the Treasury announcing the formation of FloridaFIRST.

Treasury Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Randal Quarles and Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Critical Infrastructure Protection and
Compliance Policy Scott Parsons will be in Miami, Florida on Thursday to
join in the unveiling of the FloridaFIRST Regional Coalition.

FloridaFIRST is a regional coalition formed by a group of financial
institutions based in Miami with the goal of enhancing the resilience of
the financial sector in South Florida to handle threats from terrorism
and natural disasters. FloridaFIRST is a collective effort to protect
the homeland through public and private partnerships.

This regional coalition will help officials at all levels of government
coordinate with the financial sector in South Florida to share
information
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, promote policies and programs that increase preparedness and to speed
the recovery of financial institutions should there be an incident of
disruption.

FloridaFIRST is the second regional coalition established in the U.S.
ChicagoFIRST was created in 2003 and served as a model for private
sector coalitions dedicated to working to protect financial
institutions.

The goals of these coalitions are to speed the recovery of financial
institutions should there be an incident of disruption. A currency
collapse or a run on the banks would undoubtedly qualify as an incident
of disruption as would a terror attack or natural disaster.

We plan on following up with the press contacts listed in the press
release tomorrow to find out exactly what the real purpose of this drill
was. Considering the drill's focus around financial institutions and
the poor health of the U.S. Dollar and the timing of this drill are
incredibly strange. We may never know what the true purpose of this was,
but it does raise a number of questions.

P.S Here is the Hillsborough County Web Site:
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