You piqued my interest enough so I did a search on google, and one of the links that came up was: http://www.dojgov.net/posse_comitatus_act.htm Very interesting site re: the act and its background and its applicability. Kat On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:42:01 -0400 "Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Not really. It becomes an FBI issue when a > crime/criminal crosses state > borders, but the regular U.S. military can only > become "offensively" > involved when something happens on U.S. > soveriegn soil (like an embassy, > Puerto Rico or D.C. proper). For example, in > the South American "drug > wars", U.S. troops used aircraft and supplies > IN SUPPORT of DEA and CIA ops, > but these are "paramilitary" organizations. > Posse Commitatus prevents use > of Federal troops in live fire support. It was > enacted by Congress in 1878 > in the aftermath of the Civil War. What's > scary is that DoD and Paul > Wolfowitz (Deputy Secretary of Defense) are > calling for the repeal of the > act in the aftermath of 9/11. It would be a > major blow to "states rights" > advocates like myself, and also open the door > wider for UN involvemment in > U.S. internal affairs. > > -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." > wrote: > > > The biggest Catch-22 is that Federal troops > > cannot be used in civil law > > enforcement. >