[IP] Drug raid
Begin forwarded message:
From: EEkid@xxxxxxx
Date: August 27, 2005 5:32:56 PM EDT
To: wb8foz@xxxxxxxxx, dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Drug raid
In a message dated 8/26/2005 9:20:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
wb8foz@xxxxxxxxx writes:
Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
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> From: EEkid@xxxxxxx
> Date: August 26, 2005 8:26:18 PM EDT
> To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [IP] more on Video of SWAT raid on legal Utah rave
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> Correct me if I'm wrong but, it's my understanding that the military
> can be used in drug interdiction. In fact, the justification of
> using the M1 tanks during the Branch Davidian compound raid was that
> the Davidian's were running a drug manufacturing facility. Which of
> course was later found to be a fabricated allegation.
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> Jerry Ballman
Not quite...
They BORROWED the tank....
Beyond that, look at "Posse comitatus"
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"Posse comitatus limits the involvement of U.S. armed forces in
domestic law enforcement and has been a subject of debate and
controversy since the passage of the 1878 Act. The issue is now a
timely one in light of events of 11 September 2001.
Congress passed the Military Cooperation with Law Enforcement
Officials Act in 1981 which attempted to clarify the nineteenth
century reconstruction era statute in key areas, particularly with
regard to the use of the military to train civilian law enforcement
personnel, to provide such personnel with military equipment and
facilities, to assist civilian police in enforcing drug laws, and to
reimburse DoD for services provided.
In 1989 then President Bush created 6 regional joint task forces
(JTFs) within DoD to coordinate military and police agencies in the
war against drugs and in 1994 DoD and the Department of Justice
signed a memorandum of understanding enabling the military to
transfer technology to state and local police departments."
http://www.nwc.navy.mil/library/3Publications/NWCLibraryPublications/
LibNotes/libpossecom.htm
Jerry Ballman
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