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White House spokesman Josh Earnest told a news conference. The eight-week training exercise known as "Jade Helm 15" is a multi-state exercise with members of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command.

"The thing that I can say without having a lot of detailed knowledge about the particular exercise is that in no way will the constitutional rights or civil liberties of any American citizen be infringed upon while this exercise is being conducted," he said.

A post on the Teaparty.org website claims that in more than 15 Texas cities special forces troops will try to blend in - undetected among civilian populations - to prepare for the imposition of martial law.

Earnest said he understands that individuals participating in the exercise will not be traveling incognito and will be wearing arm bands.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/29/us-usa-military-texas-idUSKBN0NK2O320150429

***Arm bands. Sounds so Hitlerian.***

Thanks, Vel.

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"It's a sad when people's greatest fear is their own government," Pape said. "Think about the ramification of that. If Americans go to sleep at night worrying whether their own government is going to sell them out before morning, it'd be hard to sleep."

Our new reality.