Let's loosen the tin-foil hats for a minute.
Newsmax is not known for it's accuracy in reporting. They have had to retract several of their more controversial stories due to outright false information. Apparently, this article is no different.In the above quote, Newsmax created a very misleading statement based on a December 2003 interview with Gen. Franks in Cigar Aficionado magazine. Franks was talking about how an attacks by terrorist puts fear into a country's population, and can make a population rethink the very fundamentals of their society. In that line, Franks stated that the effect of a WMD attack in the US, could possibly cause our population to question the Constitution, and militarize to prevent another WMD attack. The Newsmax quote makes it sound like the US government would suspend the Constitution, and install a military form of government. That is not what Franks said.
Here is the question, and Franks' actual answer:
You can look a the whole interview: http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,201,00.html