Executive Order 13228

Signed by President George W. Bush on September 8, 2001, it established the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council, the authority of which would stretch to nearly every part of the federal government. See the Homeland Security Flow Chart for further information and verification. The link below is in pdf format and hence requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can download it free here.

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