The BRAD BLOG : The End of Posse Comitatus: U.S. Troops to be Deployed at Home

"Funny how civilian authorities in New York weren't overwhelmed during the catastrophe that precipitated moves like this. Authorities in New Orleans were overwhelmed, but I can't imagine that this plan is designed to eliminate Blackwater goons from filling a law enforcement role in another attack the way they were sent to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. In fact, I can imagine a disaster response in which people die because civilian and military authorities are playing 'Mine's Bigger' over who exactly is running things.

Isn't the National Guard designed to help out during disasters? Perhaps if George W. Bush hadn't decimated the Guard by sending it to combat in Iraq --- a role the Guard was never designed to play --- this would all be moot. This domestic troop deployment looks at best to be part of the Bush Administration's last-minute plans to leave its fascist mark on this country in perpetuity before leaving. At worst it's a sign that the current Administration may have no intention of leaving at all." (Emphasis Mine.)