Saturday, January 3, 2009

Is Posse Comitatus Dead?

Is Posse Comitatus Dead? US Troops on US Streets

"In a barely noticed development, a US Army unit is now training for domestic operations under the control of US Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command. An initial news report in the Army Times newspaper last month noted that in addition to emergency response the force “may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control.” The military has since claimed the force will not be used for civil unrest, but questions remain." Democracy Now

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http://www.democracynow.org/2008/10/7/us_army_denies_unit_will_be

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