At an agency meeting last Tuesday, FEMA Director Brock Long told regional subordinates that citizens who question the agency's mission are "nothing more than cattle" and must be treated as hostile combatants.

He cited a recent disturbance in fire-stricken Paradise, CA; local subversives, he said, protested FEMA's presence by forming a human blockade to prevent agents from unlawfully trespassing on private property or entering the charred remains of scorched homes and businesses. A group of approximately twenty-five persons held protest signs reading "FEMA, WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE" and "FEMA, GO HOME."

Long told colleagues that agents must not hesitate to use discreet, lethal force if citizens defy FEMA's authority, and reminded them that powers granted by the Patriot Act absolve agents of criminal maleficence when acting in the line of duty.  He warned them, however, not to shoot anybody in the presence of media personalities.