This is *terrifying*, if true

[mouseferatu]

http://current.com/items/89335495_u_s_troops_in_homeland_crowd_control_patrols_f%20rom_october_1st

Now, I don't know much about the source. I don't know if this is legit. But if it is, the implications are staggering (to say nothing of blatantly illegal).

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[inscrutable.livejournal.com]

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w/

There's a less biased source.

[mouseferatu.livejournal.com]

Urf.

I notice no mention of the fact that, without an ongoing disaster requiring humanitarian aid, such a deployment is--at least by my understanding--borderline illegal, if not blatantly so. :-/

[morgana-lafey.livejournal.com]

Yikes! That's scary and, if I'm not mistaken, illegal except in "extreme" circumstances.

[goodkingjay3.livejournal.com]

When the military starts policing its own country... well, history indicates that bad stuff happens.