Presidential Successor Support System
The Presidential Successor Support System (PSSS or PS-cubed) is part of the United States' Continuity of Government (COG) programs.[1]. Considered one of many "black programs," (i.e. Special Access Programs), very few details have come to light about it. PSSS was run by the National Program Office.
The National Program Office was established in 1982, by National Security Decision Directive 55, Enduring National Leadership.[2]
Prior presidential administrations had different ways of dealing with the problem of leadership decapitation. President Eisenhower designated ten [3] captains of industry to take control of war-time organizations to help the country reconstitute itself. The existence of the Eisenhower Ten was accidentally found by the incoming John F. Kennedy administration in 1961.[3]
See also
- National Security Decision Memoranda 8
- National Security Decision Memoranda 201
- National Security Decision Directive 55 - "Enduring National Leadership," signed by President Reagan in 1982
- National Security Directive 37 - "Enduring Constitutional Government," signed by President Clinton in 1990
- National Program Office - ran PS-cubed
- Eisenhower Ten - ten individuals directed by President Eisenhower to reconstitute the U.S. government after national emergency (i.e. nuclear war)
External Links
- Youtube.com: "CNN Special Assignment: The Doomsday Plan," Part 2
- Youtube.com: "CNN Special Assignment: The Doomsday Plan," Part 3
- Youtube.com: "CNN Special Assignment: The Doomsday Plan," Part 4