[archy]

Archy - can you amplify on your comment. Are you saying that the Army will be deployed ahead of the election based on who is going to win? McCain’s ahead? Send ‘em to Detroit and Newark. Obama’s ahead? Send ‘em to ... Detroit and Newark??

Do a websearch for C-smurf/CBRNE Consequence Management Response Force, or CCMRF.

BTW: This is s weird assignment, in my opinion. Doesn’t Posee Comitatus law prevent the US Army from deploying in the USA?

From the TGOH Blog:

Posse Comitatus you say? Well, from the Wiki we learn the following:

On September 26, 2006, President Bush urged Congress to consider revising federal laws so that the U.S. military could seize control immediately in the aftermath of a natural disaster, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. These changes were repealed in their entirety in 2008.

In early 2006, the 109th Congress passed a bill containing controversial provisions that granted the President additional rights to use federal or state National Guard Troops inside the United States in emergency situations. These changes were included in the John Warner Defense Appropriation Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (H.R. 5122.ENR) These changes were repealed in their entirety in 2008.

Footnote: All changes have been repealed, and have changed back to the original state of the Insurrection Act of 1807.

Posse Comitatus you say? Well, from the Wiki we learn the following: On September 26, 2006, President Bush urged Congress to consider revising federal laws so that the U.S. military could seize control immediately in the aftermath of a natural disaster, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. These changes were repealed in their entirety in 2008. In early 2006, the 109th Congress passed a bill containing controversial provisions that granted the President additional rights to use federal or state National Guard Troops inside the United States in emergency situations. These changes were included in the John Warner Defense Appropriation Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (H.R. 5122.ENR) These changes were repealed in their entirety in 2008. Footnote: All changes have been repealed, and have changed back to the original state of the Insurrection Act of 1807.

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Posse Comitatus you say?....All changes have been repealed, and have changed back to the original state of the Insurrection Act of 1807.

Was that operative when Pershing, Eisenhower and MacArthur were deployed against the Bonus Marchers in Washington DC?

Or when Eisenhower deployed the 101st Airborne in Little Rock in addition to Federalizing the Arkansas NG?

And those were Federal troops in downtown DC during the 1968 riots. And I'm sure I missed one or two others where Federal troops were deployed to enforce law.

So I'm not real clear as to when it applies and when it does not.