Whoops. Bad link for the Posse Comitatus Act (brings up a page error). Here is the correct link:
http://frwebgate3.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=91588125643+0+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
Thank goodness --
I've been monitoring this silent thread for the past couple of hours, wondering if the thread had died out.
Probably not a healthy thing, but I've relied on this thread and its ancestors for my sanity for the past 3 or 4 days, and the thought of it dying is strangely unsettling.