Posse Comitatus Violation: Pentagon plans to station 20,000 troops in US for 'domestic security'

"As long as Congress approves the troops, it's okay. There is a loophole in the Act."

SEC. 15. From and after the passage of this act it shall not be lawful to employ any part of the Army of the United States, as a posse comitatus, or otherwise, for the purpose of executing the laws, except in such cases and under such circumstances as such employment of said force may be expressly authorized by the Constitution or by act of Congress;

"And what happened in Mumbai could happen in the states and the troops at home are a good idea.

In Mumbai, the police were stretched too thin and they stopped the heightened security a week before the attacks.

The government said the police probably wouldn't have been affective anyway against the highly trained attackers.

The face of warfare has changed. The troops will be a welcome addition to homeland security."

While a Mumbai-style attack certainly seems possible, we already have a national guard (stretched thin and many killed by deployment to Iraq, a war based on lies), and police across the nation are becoming increasingly militarized. We live in a "post 9/11 world", and we've never been a credible explanation for how the attacks were able to succeed, and no one has been held accountable- see my comments below the highlight above, and The Complete 9/11 Timeline at HistoryCommons.org to review what's already in the public record about 9/11.

Giving additional power to the Federal government, and giving up more of our inalienable rights, without accountability for why they failed to prevent 9/11 and haven't caught the Anthrax killers, is a dangerous idea- imho.

CIA Foreknowledge of the Mumbai Attacks - Reprehensor, 911Blogger.com

it sounds trite, but raising awareness by sharing information online and in the carbon world, calling your "representatives" and writing to the media can make a difference; it didn't stop the Wall Street Bailout, but it stopped the Dubai Port Security deal, and stopped the Net Neutrality-killing legislation in 2006.

Any other ideas?

messages like this i always question whether they're from sincere Citizens concerned about the subversion of the Constitution and our Human Rights, or actually from an FBI/private contractor agent provocateur fishing for patsies and trying to create "terrorists" so it appears the "war on terror" is justified.

The fact that about half of all households in the US have at least one gun owner should give fascist, treasonous scoundrels pause when they're subverting the Constitution in favor of "elite" (right, "elite", what a joke; global economic meltdown on top of $180 trillion in derivatives- and they're giving themselves "performance" bonuses) privilege and corporate power.

However, the power elite don't fear an insurrection; they fear discovery, public knowledge, lack of cooperation and organized non-violent resistance. At present, many people are still clueless and are just waiting for the job market and shopping to get jump-started by the "elite". If Obama and his "kettle of hawks" can't do it, the Republocrat Establishment may be tossed aside in favor of an unknown but more credible alternative. I trust the People will do the right thing, when enough are made aware.

Constitutional rule has been subverted; members of the power elite, including many in the Bush Administration, need to be investigated for 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq, Katrina, warrantless wiretapping, torture, rendition, failure to stop the economic meltdown, signing statements, treason, and that's just based on some of what's publicly known already; mountains of evidence and many witnesses are currently being suppressed by the Bush Administration