Oops, wrong spelling...it's "posse commitatus".  Should know my latin better
with all of the trout flies I tie!

-Kyle

-----Original Message-----
From: Kathy Salkin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 10:20 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: CNN Breaking News (fwd)


Thanks, Kyle, you made the point I was trying to think of earlier when I
said
it became a federal enforcement situation when the sniper shot the FBI
employee. Isn't that right? When a federal agent is killed, it can legally
become a US military action?

Kat


On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:11:15 -0400 "Cleveland, Kyle E."
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> The biggest Catch-22 is that Federal troops
> cannot be used in civil law
> enforcement.