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Bill Gertz The Washington Times 5/28/2014 A 2010 Pentagon directive on military support to civilian authorities details what critics say is a troubling policy that envisions the Obama administration’s potential use of military force against Americans. The directive contains noncontroversial provisions on support to civilian fire and emergency services, special events and the domestic use […] May 29th, 2014 | Tags: “Defense Support of Civil Authorities”, domestic unrest, drones, emergency powers, Patriot Act, Posse Comitatus Act, SWAT team, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Category: Barack Obama, Department of Defense, Military, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Jim Kouri Law Enforcement Examiner 7/21/2012 The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management, chaired by Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), held a hearing titled, “Using Unmanned Aerial Systems Within the Homeland: Security Game Changer?” on Thursday. It was a meeting that received scant media coverage considering the seriousness of the subject, according to […] July 21st, 2012 | Tags: "Preserving American Privacy Act", Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, ACLU, Anwar al-Awlaki, Chief Deputy William McDaniel, domestic surveillance, drones, George Sanchez, judicial warrants, Posse Comitatus Act, Rep. Michael McCaul, Rep. Ted Poe, Samir Khan, Todd Gilbert, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Yemen | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Department of Defense, Federal Aviation Administration, law enforcement, legislation, Media accountability, Military, Right to Privacy, Virginia | Comments are closed
Jim Kouri Law Enforcement Examiner 5/20/2012 The new defense authorization act all but erases decades of U.S. government compliance with the letter and the spirit of the Posse Comitatus Act 1878, a law that prohibits the use of the U.S. military to perform law enforcement functions within the United States, according to police officials and […] May 21st, 2012 | Tags: FEMA, Gen. Charles H. Jacoby Jr., insurrection, Lt. General Jack C. Stultz, National Defense Authorization Act, national emergency, natural disaster, Northern Command, Osama bin Laden, Posse Comitatus Act, Title 10 | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, law enforcement, Media accountability, Military, US Constitution | Comments are closed
“That incremental creeping of tyranny from the federal government has been going on for the past decade. … No one is standing up and saying no.”
New law is ‘repugnant to sensibilities’ of founding principles Bob Unruh WorldNetDaily 1/15/2012 When Congress adopted and Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization […] January 19th, 2012 | Tags: Allen Keller, Bill of Rights, Charles C. Krulak, Chuck Baldwin, indefinite detention, Joseph P. Hoar, Mike Adams, National Defense Authorization Act, Posse Comitatus Act, State Rep. Daniel P. Gordon Jr., Wayne Bowne, Yang-Yang Zhou | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Department of Homeland Security, Founding Fathers, Military, Missouri, Rhode Island, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Arlen Williams Gulag Bound 11/29/2011 Over Thanksgiving weekend, an extraordinarily evil, Trojan Horse amendment was concocted for our current “Defense Authorization Bill,” and sponsored by John McCain (AZ-R) and Carl Levin (MI-D). And once again Ron Paul attempts to stave off “progressive” tyranny, leading to totalitarianism. It may be called the Levin-McCain anti-Citizen, anti-due-process, authoritarian […] November 29th, 2011 | Tags: Defense Authorization bill, indefinite detention, National Defense Authorization Act, Posse Comitatus Act, S. 1867, Sen. Carl Levin, Sen. John McCain, Sen. Mark Udall, Sen. Rand Paul | Category: civil liberties, Congress, law enforcement, Military, terrorism, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Zbigniew Mazurak American Thinker 2/5/2011 Some conservatives, including AT news editor Ed Lasky, are worried that despite the election of a Republican-dominated House and six new GOP senators, Obama will continue to advance his extremely liberal agenda — but this time, by executive fiat rather than by congressional law. Mr Lasky wrote: He has already […] February 7th, 2011 | Tags: Article I, Article II, Center for American Progress, commander-in-chief, executive orders, Posse Comitatus Act, rule of law | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, federal regulations, Federal spending, George Soros, Military, Taxes, US Constitution | Comments are closed
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