A National Emergency Quietly Ends

Louis Lingg writes "On July 2, with little fanfare, George Bush signed Executive Order 13268, terminating Executive Order 13129, signed by his predecessor Bill Clinton on July 4, 1999.

Clinton's order had declared a national emergency with respect to the Taliban, and among other things, prohibited all commercial transactions with the Taliban or with persons or entities in territory controlled by the Taliban (the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan).

cryptome.org has posted Bush's Order 13268, 'Termination of Emergency With Respect to the
Taliban.' The Federation of American Scientists has posted Clinton's Order 13129, 'Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions
With the Taliban.'"