and elements of the government to be ready, to have contingency plans in place in the event there was a worldwide and nationwide bird flu pandemic that was going to bring the united states and maybe even the whole world to its knees. a little bit over a year after the bush administration presented that plan or ordered that plan, after bush gave that speech, the justice department and its bureau of justice assistants, in fact, rolled out this nuts and bolts plan. they called it an emergency roadmap for the courts for continuing operations in the event of a worldwide bird flu pandemic. while it may be difficult for court managers to envision the impact of a pandemic on court operations and to plan for such a scenario, it is imperative planning takes place before such an event occurs. to wait and see if such an pandemic will occur is to risk