Saturday, July 25, 2009

Report: Cheney wanted to illegally deploy American troops in U.S. cities.


Dick: Half-human and half cyborg

Thinkprogress:

The New York Times reports that in 2002, Vice President Cheney and his administration allies urged President Bush to deploy American troops into the suburbs of Buffalo to apprehend a group of terrorist suspects (the “Lackawanna Six”) and declare them enemy combatants. The Times notes:
A decision to dispatch troops into the streets to make arrests has few precedents in American history, as both the Constitution and subsequent laws restrict the military from being used to conduct domestic raids and seize property.

1 comment:

KittyBowTie1 said...

How about declaring the gangbangers killing five-year-olds as "enemy combatants" and domestic terrorists in large cities like Chicago? They kill more Americans every year than Iraqis.