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MrRodgers -> RE: Combat Brigade ready on US soil.. WTF?? (11/7/2008 12:12:53 AM)
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ORIGINAL: UncleNasty
You don't have to be a conspiracy type to feel less than assured by this statement, as we all know laws are easily cast aside when that is considered to be of benefit by those doing the casting.
"Despite conspiracy theories that this could be a first step toward martial law in the U.S., there won't be tanks on Main Street or active-duty troops putting down demonstrations. That is barred by federal law banning the military from being used on U.S. soil for domestic law enforcement."
Uncle Nasty
I am very uneasy about this. This gives any pres. way too much power and leeway to use it.
"H.R. 5122, the John Warner Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, signed by the president on October 17, 2006, gives the president the power to employ the armed forces to restore public order in any state of the United States.
It is still another power given to the president in the name of the war on terrorism. In a worst case scenario, it would allow the president to use the military to suppress any kind of unrest."
Plus, why all of these FEMA camps, up and running, fully staffed and off limits to the press and media ?
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