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U.S. troops' new mission: America's 'special events': Proposal would
allow civilians to activate Army to prevent 'environmental damage' By
Bob Unruh,December 13, 2008
U.S. soldiers and weaponry
New rules published in the Federal Register would allow certain
civilians to call American soldiers into action inside the U.S. to
prevent environmental damage or respond to "special events" and
"other domestic activities."
The alarming warning is contained in proposed rules published last
week for theDepartment of Defense's "Defense Support of Civil
Authorities" plan.
Under the U.S. Constitution, soldiers inside the country essentially
are tasked with the responsibility of quelling "insurrections" and
repelling invasions as well as making sure each state has access to
the republican form of government.
But the new rules go far beyond that, essentially establishing a plan
to activate the U.S. military inside the country to deal with social
issues under provisions that appear to be devoid of any connection to
the Constitution, according to an expert.
"I think the thing that's of concern with respect to this set of rules
is it appears to have no constitutional foundation, no reference
whatsoever of any constitutional structure. It's totally missing,"
said Herb Titus, a onetime candidate for vice president for the
Constitution Party and a longtime constitutional professor.
Herb Titus
Titus, whose biography includes teaching at five different American
Bar Association-approved law schools and service as founding dean of
the College of Law and Government at Regent University,reviewed the
federal proposal at WND's request.
The multi-page plan is to establish policies and assign
responsibilities "regarding military support for civilian law
enforcement."
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bedrock of our country is ... dead
The plan states, "This proposed rule will allow civil authorities
access to the correct procedures when they are seeking assistance from
the Department by establishing updated policy guidance and assigning
the correct responsibilities within the Department for the Defense for
support of civil authorities in response to requests for assistance
for domestic emergencies, designated law enforcement support, special
events, and other domestic activities.
Titus, who has testified before Congress on constitutional issues and
is authorized to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and a long
list of federal court districts, said, "All of this is based on the
assumption that government was created for the purpose of preventing
things from happening in our lives."
A plain reading of the law, he said, would allow drastically different
actions than what Americans probably expect.
"Instead of prosecuting somebody charged with murder, we should
profile people who are likely to commit murder, round them up and
prevent them from endangering lives," he said, citing the plan's
apparent permission for the government to restrain liberties when
there is concern about potential damages or injury.
A contact at the Department of Defense did not return a WND call
requesting comment on the proposal.
But the plan itself says the person calling for soldiers' actions
could be either a military official or civilian leader. And it renews
questions about Barack Obama's stated plans for a National Civilian
Security Force that is at least as powerful and well-funded as the
U.S. military.
Even Obama's new chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, says there will be a
mandatory "force" for Americans.
"If you're worried about, are you going to have to do 50 jumping
jacks, the answer is yes," Emanuel told a reporter who was podcasting
for the New York Daily News.
WND also reported when the official website for Obama, Change.gov,
announced he would "require" all middle school through college
students to participate in community service programs.
That proposal, however, was changed suddenly after a flurry of blogs
protested children being drafted into Obama's proposal. The new
wording reads, "President-Elect Obama will expand national service
programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will create a new
Classroom Corps to help teachers in under served schools, as well as a
new Health Corps, Clean Energy Corps, and Veterans Corps.
WND previously reported on a video of a marching squad of Obama youth.
Obama, meanwhile, also has yet to clarify what he meant during his
July "Call to Service" speech in Colorado Springs in which he insisted
the U.S. "cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to
achieve the national security objectives we've set" and needs a
"civilian national security force."
A video of his comments is here.
Joseph Farah, founder and editor of WND, used his daily column first
to raise the issue and then to elevate it with a call to all reporters
to start asking questions about it.
"If we're going to create some kind of national police force as big,
powerful and well-funded as our combined U.S. military forces, isn't
this rather a big deal?" Farah wrote. "I thought Democrats generally
believed the U.S. spent too much on the military. How is it possible
their candidate is seeking to create some kind of massive but secret
national police force that will be even bigger than the Army, Navy,
Marines and Air Force put together?
"Is Obama serious about creating some kind of domestic security force
bigger and more expensive than that? If not, why did he say it? What
did he mean?" Farah wrote.
The Obama campaign has declined to respond to WND questions on the
issue.
The newly proposed Department of Defense rules leave a virtually wide
open door for what could be cited as a reason for military intervention.
It defines "Imminently Serious Conditions" as "Emergency conditions in
which, in the judgment of a military commander or responsible DoD
civilian official, immediate and possibly serious danger threatens the
public and prompt action is needed to save lives, to safeguard public
health or safety, or to prevent or mitigate great property or
environmental damage."
Repeatedly the rules cite "special events."
"Special event support to non-governmental organizations is a DSCA
activity," it states under policy issues.
That, Titus contemplated, could even be a Democratic National
Convention in Denver.
He said it's important to keep the foundations of the nation in mind
and that many of the principles of justice and government for America
were derived from the pulpits of the 1700s.
"If you go back and look at Romans 13, the civil government was
authorized to punish evil doing, not to prevent it from happening,"
Titus said.
The new proposal specifically states it applies to a "potential or
actual domestic crisis" and even confirms that conditions not always
will allow "prior authority" before "action is necessary for effective
response."
"All this is really designed to do is legitimize by rule essentially a
broader discretionary power," Titus said.
It also reverses the role of the boss, he said, because of the
repeated references to a situation "manager."
"It's the image that's being created. A manager. You're supposed to do
what the manager tells you. Contrast that with civil authorities who
are our servants. They're supposed to do what we want them to do," he
said.
Barack Obama
Many state constitutions were specific in that area, he noted.
Virginia's, for example, declared that all powers derive from the
people, and in Pennsylvania the constitution specifically reserved the
right to regulate police to the people.
Although many would argue such military occupation of the U.S. would
be reserved only for such "emergencies," the Washington Post reported
just a few days ago on plans by the U.S. military to have 20,000
uniformed troops stationed inside the U.S. by 2011.
The plan has been lauded by some in the Bush administration and
Congress as a reasonable response to the threat of terrorism, despite
concerns over how it would undermine the Posse Comitatus Act, a
federal law that restricts the military's role in domestic law
enforcement.
At word of the plan, the ACLU warned of expansions in "presidential
and military authority," while the Cato Institute called it a case of
"creeping militarization," according to the Post.
Gene Healy, Cato vice president, told the newspaper, "There's a notion
that whenever there's an important problem, that the thing to do is to
call in the boys in green … and that's at odds with our long-standing
tradition of being wary of the use of standing armies to keep the
peace."
The DoD says it will accept comments on the proposal until Feb. 2 at
the federal government's link.
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step at a time?
*Islamic Law, known as "Shariah": primary source of persecution for
Christians in Muslim States
*American Thinker: Top ten reasons why sharia is bad for all societies
- in each of the lengthy supporting article (or articles), a Biblical
view on these infractions of moral law (or sometimes civil law or
personal injuries) is presented. One of the reasons we all sense that
these Islamic punishments are harsh and excessive is that Christianity
has also filled the globe.
Revelation 17:17: "For God has put it into their hearts [final 10
kings of verse 13] to carry out His own purpose by acting in harmony
in surrendering their royal power and authority to the beast ..."
[Parallel Bible, KJV/Amplified Bible Commentary]
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