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Posted: 11/24/2001 8:07:27 AM EDT
Hot off the press this morning from AP:

[url]http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011124/us/attacks_posse_comitatus_1.html[/url]

1878 Military Law Gets New Attention
By T.A. BADGER, Associated Press Writer

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - America's military is largely prohibited from acting as a domestic police force, but with the increased fears of terrorism, some experts say it's time to rethink those restrictions.

``Our way of life has forever changed,'' wrote Sen. John Warner (news - bio - voting record), R-Va., in a letter last month to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. ``Should this law now be changed to enable our active-duty military to more fully join other domestic assets in this war against terrorism?''

...blah blah blah...
Link Posted: 11/24/2001 2:57:22 PM EDT
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Careful when you post these articles, "lil" ol' big_bore will call you all kinds of misspelled names.
Link Posted: 11/24/2001 3:04:32 PM EDT
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Careful when you post these articles, "lil" ol' big_bore will call you all kinds of misspelled names.
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Laugh out f'n loud
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