Scary. > Ridge: Consider Using Military To Enforce Law Domestically > > WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said Sunday that the threat of > terrorism may force government planners > to consider using the military for domestic law enforcement, now largely > prohibited by federal law. > President Bush has called on Congress to thoroughly review the law banning the > Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines from > participating in arrests, searches, seizure of evidence and other police > activity on U.S. soil. The Coast Guard and > National Guard troops under control of state governors are excluded from the > Reconstruction-era law, known as the > ``Posse Comitatus Act.'' > > http://news.tbo.com/news/MGA83ZUSX3D.html > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
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