Senators may review military's domestic role

[The Straight Story]

Senators may review military's domestic role

By Megan Scully, CongressDaily
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner, R-Va., will decide later this fall how to proceed with a congressional review of a post-Reconstruction-era law that bars the military from participating in domestic law enforcement activities, a spokesman said last week.

Since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast in late August, Warner has pushed the Pentagon and Congress to investigate whether the government should amend the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 to give the military police powers during extraordinary U.S. disasters.

Several lawmakers back a review, but most hesitate to endorse immediately any effort to overturn or amend the law.

Airland Subcommittee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., said he is not convinced the active-duty military should be involved in law enforcement. For his part, Warner repeatedly has said the review should be conducted carefully.

While President Bush has advocated a "broader" domestic role for the military, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has long opposed creating a domestic law enforcement military mission.

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[...of J.Temperance]

1. Doing this is designed for ONE purpose, in my opinion

And that purpose is to give Junior the means to declare Martial Law, thus letting him remain in office after 2008. You mark my words, that's what these Nazi's are planning.

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3. Knowing they don't give a damn about helping disaster victims, what other

reason could there be, but to have a martial law force.

[...of J.Temperance]

4. Exactly

The hurricane-bird flu thing is just a cover, and a very poor one at that. These Nazi's will try to cling on, they can't afford to give up, they've done TOO much and they've got TOO much to lose, actually, they've got EVERYTHING to lose if they give up power.

As I've said previously, Junior is America's Ceaucescu and like Ceaucescu Junior will NOT be leaving office without violence and bloodshed. Sadly, good people are going to have to die, in order to remove this fucking bastard from his perch.

God help us all.

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2. Here we go - Republicans trying to Sovietize America.

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[texpatriot2004]

5. Sen. John Warner (R) wants to help * get martial law. n.t