Martial Law in the USA

One "lesson" (opportunity) from Katrina: Bush wants to use troops to enforce bird flu quarantines. Any excuse will do....Be (more) afraid!

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Gene Healy, a senior editor at the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute, also panned Bush's idea. "Having already wrecked a legendary American city, Hurricane Katrina may now be invoked to undermine a fundamental principle of American law; that principle, enshrined in the Posse Comitatus Act, is that when it comes to domestic policing, the military should be a last resort, not a first responder," he said