Kerryn Offord wrote in
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Jim Yanik wrote:

SNIP
The US military is prohibited by LAW from operating inside the US.
(Posse Comitatus,IIRC)

Bsides,the police SWAT teams,FBI and BATF-troop are all very close to
military capabilities.Now the National Guard (considered today's
militia) could be deployed.
Although,IMO,they are merely part of the ordinary US military.

Which makes one wonder a bit about Delta and SEAL 6. They were counter
terrorism units, but where were they supposed to operate? They
couldn't operate in the US, and a lot of other countries wouldn't let
them through, let alone operate in their country.

Being soldiers,they would be deployed against countries that committed acts
of war against the US.I probably should have qualified the first statement
with "in peacetime",meaning the military could be deployed inside the US
during times of war.Certainly if US territory was invaded,the military
would deploy inside the US. Counter-terrorism may fall under that category.
Especially with the rise of multinational,non-State terrorism groups like
Al-Queda.


Were they available for the olympics (LA and Atlanta)? Or was that
solely an FBI (et al) thing?


I don't know who did security for the Olympics.
Perhaps the National Guard,under those States Governor's authority(as a
militia).


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Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net