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.
>