Posse comitatus, like Geneva conventions, is quaint
(Posted by cwalsh)
Or so it seems, as Bush prepares to send thousands of National Guard troops to patrol our border with Mexico.
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I thought posse comitatus explicitly allowed for the military to assist law enforcement by "providing intelligence, providing support, logistics support and training and these sorts of things." No?
Posted by: Anonymous | May 15, 2006 4:32 PM
That is my understanding as well. I am extremely pessimistic lately about respect for such limitations being shown in various quarters. We will see, I suppose.
Posted by: Chris Walsh | May 15, 2006 5:15 PM
I'm waiting for the sequence of posts explaining how it's all being done to protect us against terrorists, and anyway, Bill Clinton did the same thing.
Posted by: albatross | May 15, 2006 5:20 PM
Not just "quaint". An Army Reserve major wrote that Posse Comitatus is a myth.
Posted by: Fred | May 16, 2006 2:16 AM