From Democracy Now!/Is Posse Comitatus Dead? US Troops on US Streets

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October 07, 2008 http://www.democracynow.org/

 

Is Posse Comitatus Dead? US Troops on US Streets

In a barely noticed development, a US Army unit is now training for

domestic operations under the control of US Army North, the Army

service component of Northern Command. An initial news report in the

Army Times newspaper last month noted that in addition to emergency

response the force " may be called upon to help with civil unrest and

crowd control. " The military has since claimed the force will not be

used for civil unrest, but questions remain. We speak to Army Col.

Michael Boatner, future operations division chief of USNORTHCOM, and

Matthew Rothschild, editor of The Progressive magazine. [includes

rush transcript]

 

 

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Guests:

 

Col. Michael Boatner, Future Operations division chief of USNORTHCOM.

 

Matthew Rothschild, Editor of The Progressive magazine.

 

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