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RE: Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1 - 10/4/2008 1:39:48 PM

DesFIP

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National Guard has been called in to back up police in riot situations. Of course in the case of Newburgh, NY some years ago it wouldn't have been necessary if they hadn't disbanded the mounted police unit. One mounted officer is equal to fifty unmounted in a riot.

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RE: Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1 - 10/4/2008 1:44:51 PM

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I thought this was what the National Guard was meant for? It must be a good ten years or more since New York State was hit by a vicious ice storm. Power didn't get restored for over 11 days in the Adirondacks. The National Guard was called in to help go house to house to get people to shelters and have a centralized clearing house to field calls from frantic out of town relatives.

The NG is supposed to help out with natural disasters. What troops are not supposed to do is be involved in law enforcement. Look into the Posse Comitatus Act for details.

The problem is the posse comitatus act is irrelevent thankx to I believe the military commissons act of 2006

The law you're talking about was already repealed in its entirety. Posse Comitatus stands.

To my knowledge only the section 7 was repealed, the section delt with habeas corpus? I think that was just this past june or july.

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RE: Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1 - 10/4/2008 3:30:18 PM

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The change was actually to the insurrection act of 1807 made as part of the Defense Authorization bill of 2007
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h109-5122

The pertinent changes were repealed in their entirety by the Defense Authorization bill of 2008
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-4986

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RE: Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1 - 10/4/2008 3:49:53 PM

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Well, I think having a Posse is a good thing.

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