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<DIV class=tagline aptureProxy="13"><STRONG>Kurt
Nimmo<BR></STRONG>Infowars<STRONG><BR></STRONG>June 23, 2009</DIV>
<P aptureProxy="14">In January, without any recognizable corporate media
coverage, Rep. Bob Filner, a California Democrat, introduced <A
href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h675/text" target=_blank>H.R.
675</A>. The bill would amend title 10 of the United States Code and extend to
civilian employees of the Department of Defense the authority to execute
warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms. The bill was referred to the Armed
Services Committee on January 26, 2009. </P>
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<P aptureProxy="16">Filner’s bill would amend the United States code with the
following: “Sec. 1585b. Law enforcement officers of the Department of Defense:
authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms… for <STRONG>any
offense against the United States</STRONG>.” (Emphasis added.)</P>
<P aptureProxy="17">The Posse Comitatus Act, passed on June 18, 1878 after the
end of Reconstruction, limits the powers of the federal government to use the
military for law enforcement. The Act prohibits members of the federal uniformed
services from exercising nominally state law enforcement, police, or peace
officer powers that maintain “law and order” on non-federal property within the
United States.</P>
<P aptureProxy="18">H.R. 675 sidesteps Posse Comitatus by defining “law
enforcement officer of the Department of Defense” as “a civilian employee of the
Department of Defense,” including federal police officers, detectives, criminal
investigators, special agents, and game law enforcement officers classified by
the Office of Personnel Management Occupational Series 0083 (the United States
Office of Personnel Management is described as an “independent agency” of the
U.S. government that manages the civil service of the federal government). </P>
<P aptureProxy="19">In 2005, the Office of Personnel Management partnered with
the Department of Homeland Security to create a “21st century human resources
management system that fully supports the Department’s vital mission,” according
to then Office of Personnel Management Associate Director for Strategic Human
Resources Policy <A
href="http://www.opm.gov/news/opm-associate-director-testifies-before-house-subcommittee-on-department-of-homeland-security-human-resources-regulations,828.aspx"
target=_blank>Ron Sanders</A>. </P>
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<DIV>At approximately the same time, the DoD issued a Defense Directive 1404.10
(read <SPAN id=apture_prvw1 class="aptureLink " aptureProxy="6"
apture="true"><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: right -448px"
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href="http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/140410p.pdf" aptureProxy="7"
aptureized="true">PDF</A></SPAN>) that establishes a “DoD Civilian Expeditionary
Workforce” and rescinds a prior Clinton era directive dealing with the emergency
use of civilian personnel. The Obama administration describes the Civilian
Expeditionary Workforce as follows: </DIV>
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<P>Members of the DoD Civilian Expeditionary Workforce shall be organized,
trained, cleared, equipped, and ready to deploy in support of combat
operations by the military; contingencies; emergency operations; humanitarian
missions; disaster relief; restoration of order; drug interdiction; and
stability operations of the Department of Defense in accordance with DoDD
3000.05</P></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P aptureProxy="25">“This new directive is odd, coming as it does after campaign
promises by Obama to establish a paramilitary ‘civilian national security force
that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded’ as our military,”
writes <A
href="http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2009/02/was-candidate-obamas-civilian-national.html"
target=_blank>Doug Ross</A>. </P>
<P aptureProxy="26">According to Sec. Def. Robert Gates, defeating terrorism
will require the use of more “soft power,” with civilians contributing more in
communication, economic assistance, political development and other non-military
areas. “Gates called for the creation of new government organizations, including
a permanent group of civilian experts with a wide range of expertise who could
be sent abroad on short notice as a supplement to U.S. military efforts. And he
urged more involvement by university and other private experts,” the <A
target=_blank hrfef="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21980961/">Associated Press</A>
reported in late 2007. </P>
<P aptureProxy="27">It should be noted that the original Civilian Expeditionary
Workforce directive mentions the term “overseas” no fewer than 33 times, while
the Obama revision does not mention “overseas” at all. In other words, the
revised directive is designed for “emergency operations” in the United States.
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<P aptureProxy="28">Both H.R. 675 and the DoD Civilian Expeditionary Workforce
directive will establish civilian “soft power” under the direction of the
Pentagon. Obama is now actively working to create a paramilitary “civilian
national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as
well-funded” as the military. In order to skirt Posse Comitatus, Obama’s
paramilitary brownshirts will be organized and run out of the Office of
Personnel Management with orders coming from the Pentagon.</P>
<P aptureProxy="29">In the recent past, the Pentagon sent operatives to snoop on
anti-war and patriot demonstrations — for instance, Alex Jones’ protest at the
Federal Reserve was monitored by the Pentagon . In the not too distant future
they will likely send “civilians” with firearms and the power to arrest
“rightwing extremists” who represent, according to the Department of Homeland
Security and numerous federalized police agencies, “offense against the United
States.” </P></DIV></BODY></HTML>