The Washington Post covers this in a front-page story today: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32138-2002Oct15.html Note what Eugene (someone I've known to be a reliable source) tells the Post: > Under the terms of Posse Comitatus, the military can provide equipment > and supplies, technical assistance and training to domestic law > enforcement agencies, said Eugene R. Fidell, president of the National > Institute of Military Justice. > Fidell said the Pentagon assistance to the sniper investigation may go > beyond that."I would have to say that active use in a search would raise a > question," Fidell said. > A U.S. District Court in New York held in 1961 that the use of an Air > Force helicopter to search for an escaped prisoner was improper, he > noted. Here's background on Posse Comitatus from our recent discussion: http://www.politechbot.com/p-04056.html -Declan --- From: "Ben" <bmwat_private> To: <declanat_private> Subject: More Posse Commitatus Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 22:37:53 -0400 Just another weird/interesting story about the military pushing that particular envelope. They're going to use spy planes to search for the sniper? <http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=5C1FF1D6-F362-4A34-B4F377F896A4DE5D>http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=5C1FF1D6-F362-4A34-B4F377F896A4DE5D ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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