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."
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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