2010 Pentagon Directive No. 3025.18, “Defense Support of Civil Authorities, is an attempt to give Obama authority to violate the Posse Comitatus Act - using our own troops against us on American soil. “This appears to be the latest step in the administration’s decision to use force within the United States against its citizens,” said one defense official opposed to the directive. Encapsulated within a primarily noncontroversial civilian fire and emergency services directive reads this despotic element: “Federal military forces shall not be used to quell civil disturbances UNLESS SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY THE PRESIDENT in accordance with applicable law or permitted under emergency authority,” the directive states. “In these circumstances, those federal military commanders have the authority, in extraordinary emergency circumstances where prior authorization by the president is impossible and duly constituted local authorities are unable to control the situation, to engage temporarily in activities that are necessary to quell large-scale, unexpected civil disturbances” ~Washington Times
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 12:46:08 +0000