It hasn’t made the evening news (distracted as they are with lipstick and plumbers and all that) but apparently the government has taken advantage of our distraction to do something that hasn’t been done since the Civil War.  You see, the Posse Comitatus Act has prevented the American military from operating domestically.  When troops are needed, the National Guard is federalized and responds (or sometimes the Mexican Army as in post-Katrina).  Anyway, the Army is not allowed to operate domestically until now.  Word has it that a brigade has been trained in non-lethal operation against civilians within our borders!  Of course, Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! are on top of it and here is her report.

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And the ACLU wants to know more about it.  This is important stuff and you need to be informed.  Read the FOI (Freedom of Information) request here.�