Date: July 11, 2005 12:34:49 PM PDT
Subject: [Spy News] FW: Secrecy News -- 07/11/05
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Subject: Secrecy News -- 07/11/05
SECRECY NEWS
from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy
Volume 2005, Issue No. 63
July 11, 2005
** A GROWING MILITARY ROLE IN DOMESTIC SECURITY
** SELECTED CRS REPORTS
** A CIA HISTORY OF THE BAY OF PIGS
** REGULATING THE DOGS OF WAR
A GROWING MILITARY ROLE IN DOMESTIC SECURITY
Under pressure of the "war on terrorism," relations between
U.S. military and domestic security and law enforcement
organizations are becoming more fluid, with the military
poised to increase its prominence in domestic security
matters.
"Our adversaries consider US territory an integral part of a
global theater of combat," a Department of Defense report
stated last month.
"We must therefore have a strategy that applies to the
domestic context the key principles that are driving the
transformation of US power projection and joint expeditionary
warfare."
See "Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support," U.S.
Department of Defense, June 2005 (1.2 MB PDF file):
There are legal limits on military involvement in civilian
affairs enshrined in the Posse Comitatus Act, which generally
prohibits the Army and the Air Force from performing civilian
functions without specific authorization. But there are
exceptions to those limits, and pending legislation would
modify them further.
See "Terrorism: Some Legal Restrictions on Military Assistance
to Domestic Authorities Following a Terrorist Attack,"
Congressional Research Service, updated May 27, 2005:
See also "The Posse Comitatus Act and Related Matters: A
Sketch," Congressional Research Service, updated June 6,
2005:
and a longer study of "The Posse Comitatus Act and Related
Matters: The Use of the Military to Execute Civilian Law,"
Congressional Research Service, updated June 1, 2000:
SELECTED CRS REPORTS
Some other recent reports of the Congressional Research
Service obtained by Secrecy News include the following.
"Presidential Succession: An Overview with Analysis of
Legislation Proposed in the 109th Congress," June 29, 2005:
"U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues
for Congress," updated June 9, 2005:
A CIA HISTORY OF THE BAY OF PIGS
An internal CIA history of the Bay of Pigs has found its way
into the public domain as one of the beneficent effects of
the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act.
Most internal CIA histories are routinely withheld from
disclosure, regardless of their age. But apparently because
the Bay of Pigs history touched on the question of
assassination policy, it was caught up in the broad sweep of
the JFK Act and declassified.
The document was located at the National Archives by Prof.
David Barrett of Villanova University, who copied the 295
page volume and posted it on his web site.
See "The Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation, volume
III: Evolution of CIA's Anti-Castro Policies, 1951-January
1961":
REGULATING THE DOGS OF WAR
The use of dogs in military missions from combat support to
narcotics detection is addressed in a new U.S. Army Field
Manual.
"The highly aggressive dog tactics of the 1960s and 1970s are
long gone," the manual states.
"Today, [military dog] teams are employed in dynamic ways
never before imagined."
Military dogs are "used around the world from Afghanistan to
Africa and from the Balkans to Iraq."
However, "[military dog] handlers will not use their [dogs] to
guard prisoners inside prisons or detainee holding facilities
and confinement facilities. In addition, [dog] handlers will
not use their [dogs] to degrade, torture, injure, or mistreat
EPWs [enemy prisoners of war], detained personnel, civilian
internees (CIs), or other detainees in US custody."
See "Military Working Dogs," U.S. Army Field Manual 3-19.17,
July 2005 (135 pages, 5.0 MB PDF file):
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Secrecy News is written by Steven Aftergood
and published by the Federation of American Scientists.
Steven Aftergood
Project on Government Secrecy
Federation of American Scientists
web: www.fas.org/sgp/index.html
voice: (202) 454-4691
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