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Inferno: Expanded civilian use of military in US [CNN] (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
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Subject: Inferno: Expanded civilian use of military in US [CNN]
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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 21:40:58 -0500 (CDT)
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October 7, 1999
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From Military Affairs Correspondent Jamie McIntyre
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Changes in the Pentagon's command structure
designed to give the military a supporting role in responding to
domestic terrorist attacks or natural disasters is raising alarm among
some civil libertarians.
In Norfolk, Virginia, on Thursday, top military leaders, and their
civilian superiors, unveiled a retooled U.S. Joint Forces Command,
formerly the U.S. Atlantic Command.
The new command will coordinate its efforts with federal law
enforcement agencies and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
However, Secretary of Defense William Cohen said "it is very clear
(the command) is subordinate to civilian control."
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Also, a defense bill signed this week by President Bill Clinton
contains a little-noticed provision that expands the authority of the
military to assist law enforcement authorities in case of chemical or
biological attacks.
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"If the plan were simply to carry cots, to deliver supplies, to rescue
people, we would be talking about a plan that included, as a feature,
no armored vehicles and no armed soldiers," says Gregory Nojeim,
legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. "I haven't
heard a peep about that from the Pentagon."
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