Are regular armed forces in NO? If so, forbidden by Posse Comitatus Act.

CottonBear

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Thu Sep-01-05 03:06 PM
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Are regular armed forces in NO? If so, forbidden by Posse Comitatus Act.

see this post from a live blog from NOLA:
FEMA has "bugged out" of NOLA according to woman anchor on WWLTV whose husband is in the Superdome with the refugees.
http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=beloint_wfaa&props=livenoad
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The blog post:
"There has been nothing in the news about any decision by the Congress or the president to request an exemption to the Posse Comitatus Act. Sending in regular armed forces to deal with a civilian problem is expressly forbidden by the Posse Comitatus Act and it would be a Very Very Big Deal if this decision were made, so I'm surprised there hasnt been any mention of this in the mainstream media."

http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/40334.html?page=2#comments

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GreenPartyVoter

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Thu Sep-01-05 03:07 PM
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1. They did mention that the fed troops cannot act in the same way as the

local ones.

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CottonBear

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Thu Sep-01-05 03:08 PM
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Are the regular troops just assisting the NOPD and the LA SP?

that's what this poster says:

nulloutput
2005-09-01 18:43 (link)
On CNN the military kept making the point over and over again that they were going in only "to assist and support" the NOPD.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/40334.html?page=2#comments

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GreenPartyVoter

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Thu Sep-01-05 03:10 PM
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5. I can't recall .. it was General Spider somebody on CNN talking about

it and that as a couple of hours ago.

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Sgent

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Thu Sep-01-05 03:08 PM
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2. Yes and no

they could be marginally under the control of the Govenor, USCG, or Mayor, which would avoid much of this.

They also have a duty to defend and protect the navigable waterways--especially the navy & marine corp. The Army can deploy to protect installations, foriegn embassies, etc (all of which exist).

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mopinko

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Thu Sep-01-05 03:09 PM
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3. i have been hopping up and down for the last 3 days

about this. now we see why they sent the guard to iraq.

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spuddonna

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Thu Sep-01-05 03:09 PM
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4. My understanding is that the Gov has the power...

to request an exemption... I may be wrong...

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