Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 12:54:51 -0500
From: kvc@tima.com ("Kent Van Cleave")
Subject: [lpaz-discuss] Pentagon prepares military occupation of U.S.
To: lpaz-discuss@yahoogroups.com, IndianaLibertarianDiscuss@yahoogroups.com ("IndianaLibertarianDiscuss")
Reply-To: lpaz-discuss@yahoogroups.com


Maybe my subject line is a tad shrill, but this article in the Washington
Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42765-2002Jan26.html
looks like the trial balloon in preparation for dismantling the fundamental
legal prohibition of (for the Posties, a "tradition" opposing) domestic
military activity.

Here's a snippet; follow the link for the full article.

Kent

Pentagon Plans New Command For U.S.
Four-Star Officer Would Oversee Homeland Defense

By Bradley Graham
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, January 27, 2002; Page A01


The Pentagon has decided to ask the White House for approval to set up a new
four-star command to coordinate federal troops used to defend North America,
part of an intensified effort to bolster homeland security, defense
officials said.

The move was prompted by the new domestic security demands placed on the
military after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the Bush administration's
declared war on terrorism.

Although the Pentagon has regional commanders in chief, known as CINCs, who
are responsible for Europe, the Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East
and South Asia, none exists for U.S. forces in the United States and Canada.
The proposed change would give a single four-star officer authority over
such domestic deployments as Air Force jets patrolling above U.S. cities,
Navy ships running coastal checks and Army National Guard troops policing
airports and border crossings.

Before September, military leaders had resisted the idea of a homeland CINC
(pronounced "sink"), reflecting a traditional aversion to -- and legal
limits on -- the use of federal armed forces for domestic law enforcement.
Opposition also existed outside the Pentagon on both the political left and
right, with civil libertarians and right-wing militia groups alike warning
against military forces encroaching on areas traditionally considered the
responsibility of civilian emergency response, law enforcement and health
agencies.

[... etc.]


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