So, send in a spec ops team. Surreptitiously execute these governors, mayors, and their treasonous fellow travelers. Cover story: "the traitors fled the country; we suspect they're hiding out in NZ or someplace blah blah blah." Seriously, who's going to know? Who the hell is going to care, at this late date?!

It's that or lose the Republic. When you understand what their plans are for the average citizen -- read The Gulag Archipelago for a chilling clue -- just killing them all, behind the scenes, suits me fine if the alternative is death camps for the ordinary nobody.

I just don't understand why we have to put the entire Republic's population at risk: sometimes people who think they're in control, aren't as in control as they think. Destroy the treasonous bastards while you still can, Q.