re: #187 jcm

Note the option was not used.

Posse Comitatus is a huge hurdle.

But on the other hand, if the terrorist is a foreigner, in the country illegal, and / or a illegal combatant, that is the purpose of the military, it could be considered an invasion of sorts.

If you believe the GWOT should and is an LE problem then no, however if it more properly a combat operation protecting the US, then Posse Comitatus isn’t applicable.

If they had very specific information on a terror cell in the US, and the most appropriate hammer was a military unit, it could be justified as national defense.

General use of the military in operations in the US could not be justified.

I am in agreement with you, if I’m reading you right. Cheney’s idea to use them for arresting a few terrorists no, but a terrorist situation that might only be dealt with with military yes. i.e., an entire community is taken over by a large, well armed terrorist cell might call for the military.