Be afraid. Be very afraid.

The White House has developed a new plan for how government will run if there's a major crisis, but Congress isn't allowed to know what it is:

WASHINGTON — Constituents called Rep. Peter DeFazio's office, worried there was a conspiracy buried in the classified portion of a White House plan for operating the government after a terrorist attack.

As a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, DeFazio, D-Ore., is permitted to enter a secure "bubbleroom'' in the Capitol and examine classified material. So he asked the White House to see the secret documents.

On Wednesday, DeFazio got his answer: DENIED.

"I just can't believe they're going to deny a member of Congress the right of reviewing how they plan to conduct the government of the United States after a significant terrorist attack,'' DeFazio said.

If you're not getting scared, very scared about what this government is up to, there's something wrong with you.

Obviously, the reason they're not telling Congress what the plan is is that Congress isn't part of the plan. And, while I doubt these guys pulled off 9/11, I don't doubt they would pull off a second 9/11 if they saw that the alternative was Democratic control of the government.