9/14/2005


MAJOR HOLE IN OUR SECURITY EASY TO FIX

More Able Danger: If you read this link from Maxed Out Babe you can't help but notice the similarity between this and the failure of government to come to grips with Katrina. The problem is that everybody has to have "authorization" before acting and a legal interpretation to see if acting is OK within the Constitution and the law. We have the Posse Comitatus Law which effectively prohibits DoD from EVER sticking their noses into a local situation in any law enforcement capacity for any and all reasons (weakened lately). So there was leadership castration during Katrina when it was clear that the Federal Government should send in the troops, if only...... But, without local authorization they could not Constutionally do it. So it seems with Able Danger---there was a clear problem of law violation if American Citizens were inadvertantly caught up in a domestic counter intel operation that was part of DoD. The DoD cannot spy on Americans.

What to do? When these narcissistic politicos stop preening before the TV cameras, which could be a week after the 12th of Never, the Patriot Act has to be amended so that under very specific conditions the Feds can enter an AREA designated as a disaster zone without any authorization from local government. Similarly a spy op conducted by the DoD that inadvertantly catches U.S. Citizens or protected Green Cards who are acting to harm the U.S. must somehow be authorized. A quick visit to a judge in such a case can fix it. If a judge decides that the operation violates the Constitution then it gets shut down. Period. But not until a judge rules.