The DOD authorization is HR 1585. If you wish to read it, it’s there in all of it’s congressional glory, all bloated and striving to allow the military to be used here in the US.
Using the military here in the US???
Yeppers! It’s starts on page 670. Here’s what it says:
14 SEC. 1614. REQUIREMENT FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO
15 PREPARE ANNUAL PLAN FOR RESPONSE TO
16 NATURAL DISASTERS AND TERRORIST
17 EVENTS.
18 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL PLAN.–Not later
19 than March 1, 2008, and each March 1 thereafter, the Sec20
retary of Defense, in consultation with the commander of
21 the United States Northern Command and the Chief of the
22 National Guard Bureau, shall prepare and submit to Con23
gress a plan for coordinating the use of the National Guard
24 and members of the Armed Forces on active duty when re25
sponding to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other
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1 man-made disasters as identified in the national planning
2 scenarios described in subsection (e).
3 (b) INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED TO SECRETARY.–
4 To assist the Secretary of Defense in preparing the plan,
5 the National Guard Bureau, pursuant to its purpose as
6 channel of communications as set forth in section 10501(b)
7 of title 10, United States Code, shall provide to the Sec8
retary information gathered from Governors, adjutants gen9
eral of States, and other State civil authorities responsible
10 for homeland preparation and response to natural and
11 man-made disasters.
12 (c) TWO VERSIONS.–The plan shall set forth two
13 versions of response, one using only members of the Na14
tional Guard, and one using both members of the National
15 Guard and members of the regular components of the Armed
16 Forces.
17 (d) MATTERS COVERED.–The plan shall cover, at a
18 minimum, the following:
19 (1) Protocols for the Department of Defense, the
20 National Guard Bureau, and the Governors of the
21 several States to carry out operations in coordination
22 with each other and to ensure that Governors and
23 local communities are properly informed and remain
24 in control in their respective States and communities.
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1 (2) An identification of operational procedures,
2 command structures, and lines of communication to
3 ensure a coordinated, efficient response to contin4
gencies.
5 (3) An identification of the training and equip6
ment needed for both National Guard personnel and
7 members of the Armed Forces on active duty to pro8
vide military assistance to civil authorities and for
9 other domestic operations to respond to hazards iden10
tified in the national planning scenarios.
11 (e) NATIONAL PLANNING SCENARIOS.–The plan shall
12 provide for response to the following hazards: Nuclear deto13
nation, biological attack, biological disease outbreak/pan14
demic flu, the plague, chemical attack-blister agent, chem15
ical attack-toxic industrial chemicals, chemical attack-nerve
16 agent, chemical attack-chlorine tank explosion, major hurri17
cane, major earthquake, radiological attack-radiological
18 dispersal device, explosives attack-bombing using impro19
vised explosive device, biological attack-food contamination,
20 biological attack-foreign animal disease and cyber attack.
21 SEC. 1615. DETERMINATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
22 CIVIL SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS.
23 (a) DETERMINATION OF REQUIREMENTS.–The Sec24
retary of Defense shall determine the military-unique capa25
bilities needed to be provided by the Department of Defense
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1 to support civil authorities in an incident of national sig2
nificance or a catastrophic incident.
3 (b) PLAN FOR FUNDING CAPABILITIES.–
4 (1) PLAN.–The Secretary of Defense shall de5
velop and implement a plan, in coordination with the
6 Secretaries of the military departments and the
7 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for providing
8 the funds and resources necessary to develop and
9 maintain the following:
10 (A) The military-unique capabilities deter11
mined under subsection (a).
12 (B) Any additional capabilities determined
13 by the Secretary to be necessary to support the
14 use of the active components and the reserve com15
ponents of the armed forces for homeland defense
16 missions, domestic emergency responses, and pro17
viding military support to civil authorities.
18 (2) TERM OF PLAN.–The plan required under
19 paragraph (1) shall cover at least five years.
20 (c) BUDGET.–The Secretary of Defense shall include
21 in the materials accompanying the budget submitted for
22 each fiscal year a request for funds necessary to carry out
23 the plan required under subsection (b) during the fiscal year
24 covered by the budget. The defense budget materials shall
25 delineate and explain the budget treatment of the plan for
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1 each component of each military department, each combat2
ant command, and each affected Defense Agency.
3 (d) IMPLEMENTATION.–In carrying out this section,
4 the Secretary of Defense, acting through the chairman of
5 the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall ensure the appropriate as6
signment of responsibilities, coordination of the efforts, and
7 prioritization of renouncing by the appropriate combatant
8 commands, the military departments, and the National
9 Guard Bureau.
10 (e) DEFINITIONS.–In this section:
11 (1) The term “military-unique capabilities”
12 means those capabilities that, in the view of the Sec13
retary of Defense–
14 (A) cannot be provided by other Federal,
15 State or local civilian agencies; and
16 (B) are essential to provide support to civil
17 authorities in an incident of national signifi18
cance or a catastrophic incident.
19 (2) The term “defense budget materials”, with
20 respect to a fiscal year, means the materials sub21
mitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense in sup22
port of the budget for that fiscal year.
23 (f) STRATEGIC PLANNING GUIDANCE.–Section
24 113(g)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
25 striking “contingency plans” at the end of the first sentence
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1 and inserting the following: “contingency plans, including
2 plans for providing support to civil authorities in an inci3
dent of national significance or a catastrophic incident, for
4 homeland defense, and for military support to civil authori5
ties”.
Hmmmm…ever hear of Posse Comitatus? It’s such a joy to know that the Congress, which is controlled by Democrats, is going to work to find a way to deploy the military within the US.
I wonder who’s on the case?
When will Congress stop trying to figure out ways to keep us under heel? When will we, as citizens, step up and say to them “Don’t take our rights away?” When will someone step up to the plate to stop these power grabs?
Dennis has! We know he’s the man who’s leading a fight back against the power grabs of the Administration and Congress. How many more times are we going to have have Dennis show us what Congress and the administration are up to?
I urge support for Dennis Kuicinich in fighting against the adminstration and the congressional leadership that seems destined to give away our most precious rights. If you agree, you can donate through ActBlue here, or by donating directly to Dennis’ campaign page here. Don’t let Congress and the current administration get away with it.
As always, now more than ever,
Go Dennis!
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Choose Peace!
