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Date Posted: 05:53:16 07/22/02 Mon
Author: Pot
Subject: Hidy Do Marvin!!
In reply to: Marv 's message, "Hey Pot!!" on 20:06:31 07/21/02 Sun

>I guess you and the Cracker would support this crap
>too....U.S. Mulls Military's Domestic Role
>Sun Jul 21, 7:09 PM ET
>By SCOTT LINDLAW, Associated Press Writer
>
>WASHINGTON (AP) - Homeland security chief Tom Ridge
>says the threat of terrorism may force government
>planners to consider using the military for domestic
>law enforcement, now largely prohibited by federal
>law.
>
>
>AP Photo
> Slideshow: Terrorism & Sept. 11 Attacks
>
> Bush Releases Homeland Security Plan
>(AP)
>
>
>Related Links
>� Homeland Security Plan at a Glance (AP)
>
>
>
>President Bush ( news - web sites) has called on
>Congress to thoroughly review the law that bans the
>Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines from participating
>in arrests, searches, seizure of evidence and other
>police-type activity on U.S. soil. The Coast Guard and
>National Guard troops under the control of state
>governors are excluded from the Reconstruction-era
>law, known as the "Posse Comitatus Act."
>
>Ridge said Sunday that it "goes against our instincts
>as a country to empower the military with the ability
>to arrest," and called the prospect "very unlikely."
>
>But he said the government is wise to examine the law.
>
>"We need to be talking about military assets, in
>anticipation of a crisis event," Ridge said on "Fox
>News Sunday." "And clearly, if you're talking about
>using the military, then you should have a discussion
>about posse comitatus."
>
>Two influential Democratic senators agreed with Bush
>and Ridge that the law ought to be reviewed, but
>expressed no interest in granting the military new
>powers to arrest American citizens.
>
>Sen. Carl Levin ( news, bio, voting record), chairman
>Senate Armed Services Committee ( news - web sites),
>said posse comitatus "has served us well for a long
>time."
>
>"It's kept the military out of law enforcement, out of
>arresting people except in the most unusual emergency
>situations like a riot or after some kind of a
>disaster where they have to protect against looting,"
>Levin, D-Mich., said on CNN's "Late Edition."
>
>However, he said: "I don't fear looking at it to see
>whether or not our military can be more helpful in a
>very supportive and assisting role even than they have
>been up to now � providing equipment, providing
>training, those kind of things which do not involve
>arresting people."
>
>Sen. Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign
>Relations Committee, said he favors expanding the
>military's role in responding to major catastrophes
>such as an attack by a weapon of mass destruction.
>
>The law "has to be amended, but we're not talking
>about general police power," Biden, D-Del., said on
>"Fox News Sunday."
>
>Air Force Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart, who heads the new
>military command charged with defending American
>territory, told The New York Times he favors changing
>the law to grant greater domestic powers to the
>military to protect against terror attacks. He offered
>no specific changes he favored.
>
>Congress is racing to approve legislation by the end
>of its session this fall that would make Bush's
>proposed Department of Homeland Security a reality.
>
>In the Senate, a version of the measure by
>Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joseph
>Lieberman, D-Conn., tracks closely with Bush's plan.
>It also would augment the agency's ability to gather
>and analyze intelligence from the FBI ( news - web
>sites), CIA ( news - web sites) and others.
>
>That bill is to be considered by the Senate committee
>Wednesday.
>
>House Majority Leader Dick Armey said on NBC's "Meet
>the Press" there was a strong possibility Congress
>will resolve its differences and send Bush a bill
>enacting the sweeping government reorganization by
>Sept. 11.
>
>Some lawmakers have expressed concern about rushing
>decisions on far-reaching changes in the bureaucracy,
>but Armey said: "It's time to move forward with this.
>The president's got a good plan."
>
>Bush planned to give a speech Monday about his
>proposed new department and view demonstrations of
>high-technology devices for combatting terrorism that
>are being developed at the Argonne National Laboratory
>in Illinois.

Marvin, you saved me from starting this thread. When I heard about this on the news yesterday, I had no doubt you would get perked up enough to comment. You are SO predictable. If it makes you feel any better, I think the Posse Comitatus works pretty well the way it is. In it's current form, it already has provisions for use in times of national emergency. Unless someone knows something about it that I don't, I don't see any need to change it.

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