If such lists exist, and there is no doubt that someone has compiled them, and if in fact it can be demonstrated in court that it is an execution list, then it is in effect, under current law, a murder plot, and conspiracy to commit murder is in fact not just a prosecutable offense, but according to a lot of district attorneys out there (like in the Alaska 241 prosecutions), apparently cause for pre-emptive action.

Now here is where it gets dicey. Lets say FEMA has such a list, DHS has such a list, some inter-agency task force made of mainly of local law enforcement has such a list, and then lastly the military has such a list. Slowly, bit by bit, the people in command of those various organizations begin to figure out that the lists in fact, do NOT MATCH.

Lets say, the various organizations, because they are under control of different political factions at different times have different enemies lists, and different timetables and methods for their enactment, and someone at the command of one finds out he is on the hit list of another, then what is to say who is right and who is wrong when someone decides to pre-emptively start taking out the other leadership?

Think of how messy it is if in fact, the military got some strong hints from the CIA that certain generals, regular officers and even down to several lower enlisted (including a few people who regularly post here) are on the DHS / FEMA death list?

Here is what I do know, the Justice Department regularly has people "picked up" tortured, and "died while in custody" pretty regularly anyway, and anyone who wants to say otherwise is simply lying. What we see here is an entirely different chain of command asserting the same right. That's not a major game changer, but it makes the game that much more interesting.