Military to play a role as law enforcement...

If the Bush administration has it's way. Legally - as I am sure you know or have heard - the military cannot engage in law enforcement activities on US soil due to the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878.

President Bush's push to give the military a bigger role in responding to major disasters like Hurricane Katrina could lead to a loosening of legal limits on the use of federal troops on U.S. soil.

Pentagon officials are reviewing that possibility, and some in Congress agree it needs to be considered.

The active-duty elements that Bush did send to Louisiana and Mississippi included some Army and Marine Corps helicopters and their crews, plus Navy ships. The main federal ground forces, led by troops of the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg, N.C., arrived late Saturday, five days after Katrina struck.

They helped with evacuations and performed search-and-rescue missions in flooded portions of New Orleans but did not join in law enforcement operations.

Looks like a convinient time to be discussing this. And with Military conducting Law enforcement, I wonder what the implications are for our civil liberties. Would they face the same restrictions police and traditional law enforcement have?

These bastards are just pure evil. Military state here we come.