Thousands of Troops Are Deployed on U.S. Streets Ready to Carry Out "Crowd Control"

By Naomi Wolf, AlterNet. Posted October 8, 2008.





Background: the First Brigade of the Third Infantry Division, three to four thousand soldiers, has been deployed in the United States as of October 1. Their stated mission is the form of crowd control they practiced in Iraq, subduing "unruly individuals," and the management of a national emergency. I am in Seattle and heard from the brother of one of the soldiers that they are engaged in exercises now. Amy Goodman reported that an Army spokesperson confirmed that they will have access to lethal and non lethal crowd control technologies and tanks.

George Bush struck down Posse Comitatus, thus making it legal for military to patrol the U.S. He has also legally established that in the "War on Terror," the U.S. is at war around the globe and thus the whole world is a battlefield. Thus the U.S. is also a battlefield.

He also led change to the 1807 Insurrection Act to give him far broader powers in the event of a loosely defined "insurrection" or many other "conditions" he has the power to identify. The Constitution allows the suspension of habeas corpus -- habeas corpus prevents us from being seized by the state and held without trial -- in the event of an "insurrection." With his own army force now, his power to call a group of protesters or angry voters "insurgents" staging an "insurrection" is strengthened.

U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman of California said to Congress, captured on C-Span and viewable on YouTube, that individual members of the House were threatened with martial law within a week if they did not pass the bailout bill:


"The only way they can pass this bill is by creating and sustaining a panic atmosphere. … Many of us were told in private conversations that if we voted against this bill on Monday that the sky would fall, the market would drop two or three thousand points the first day and a couple of thousand on the second day, and a few members were even told that there would be martial law in America if we voted no."

If this is true and Rep. Sherman is not delusional, I ask you to consider that if they are willing to threaten martial law now, it is foolish to assume they will never use that threat again. It is also foolish to trust in an orderly election process to resolve this threat. And why deploy the First Brigade? One thing the deployment accomplishes is to put teeth into such a threat.

I interviewed Vietnam veteran, retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and patriot David Antoon for clarification:

"If the President directed the First Brigade to arrest Congress, what could stop him?"

"Nothing. Their only recourse is to cut off funding. The Congress would be at the mercy of military leaders to go to them and ask them not to obey illegal orders."

"But these orders are now legal?'"

"Correct."

"If the President directs the First Brigade to arrest a bunch of voters, what would stop him?"

"Nothing. It would end up in courts but the action would have been taken."

"If the President directs the First Brigade to kill civilians, what would stop him?"

"Nothing."

"What would prevent him from sending the First Brigade to arrest the editor of the Washington Post?"

"Nothing. He could do what he did in Iraq -- send a tank down a street in Washington and fire a shell into the Washington Post as they did into Al Jazeera, and claim they were firing at something else."

"What happens to members of the First Brigade who refuse to take up arms against U.S. citizens?"

"They'd probably be treated as deserters as in Iraq: arrested, detained and facing five years in prison. In Iraq a study by Ann Wright shows that deserters -- reservists who refused to go back to Iraq -- got longer sentences than war criminals."

"Does Congress have any military of their own?"

"No. Congress has no direct control of any military units. The Governors have the National Guard but they report to the President in an emergency that he declares."

"Who can arrest the President?"

"The Attorney General can arrest the President after he leaves or after impeachment."

[Note: Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi has asserted it is possible for District Attorneys around the country to charge President Bush with murder if they represent districts where one or more military members who have been killed in Iraq formerly resided.]

"Given the danger do you advocate impeachment?"

"Yes. President Bush struck down Posse Comitatus -- which has prevented, with a penalty of two years in prison, U.S. leaders since after the Civil War from sending military forces into our streets -- with a 'signing statement.' He should be impeached immediately in a bipartisan process to prevent the use of military forces and mercenary forces against U.S. citizens"

"Should Americans call on senior leaders in the Military to break publicly with this action and call on their own men and women to disobey these orders?"

"Every senior military officer's loyalty should ultimately be to the Constitution. Every officer should publicly break with any illegal order, even from the President."

"But if these are now legal. If they say, 'Don't obey the Commander in Chief,' what happens to the military?"

"Perhaps they would be arrested and prosecuted as those who refuse to participate in the current illegal war. That's what would be considered a coup."

"But it's a coup already."

"Yes."

Please refrain from allowing radical internet URBAN MYTHS to be perpetuated on your webiste.

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Please refrain from allowing radical internet URBAN MYTHS to be perpetuated on your webiste.

Absolutely...point out the errors and I'll remove them.

Everything you've posted.

Ever heard of snopes.com and other truth finding sites you?

Gawd....you'll stop at nothing.

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Founder of BOINC team Objectivists. Oh the humanity! Rational people crunching data!
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It would seem that snopes has nothing to refute this article.
Good day sir.

I don't think Snopes has anything to refute the Flat Earth Theory either....

....and don't tell me what kind of day to have.

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Founder of BOINC team Objectivists. Oh the humanity! Rational people crunching data!
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I mean....thousands of troops on US streets swarming all around? What are you talking about?

I've also heard the crazy stuff that the Canadians are invading too....they're taking over our food supplies.....and there's a global super highway.

Nutz.......

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Founder of BOINC team Objectivists. Oh the humanity! Rational people crunching data!
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Having a hard time staying focussed today?
You made the reference to snopes as evidence of some falsehoods in the article.

not slept enough. mind wanders and brains are trying to catch up

You've never stated WHAT city these troops are stationed in on THESE STREET CORNERS.

Just admit you're either a liar or have been duped....

(for those that care about this myth....it began when a caller on a conspiracy talk show mentioned that 500 or 1,000 or so troops had been stationed back to a certain army base, which is normal)

After that this urban myth took off.......that the army is now invading american street corners.,.....

Where? What city?

lol. I'm shocked that the cafe mods would allow this nonsense. There should be some minimum standard of truth in moderators job performance schedules......

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Founder of BOINC team Objectivists. Oh the humanity! Rational people crunching data!
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Jeez
There's several credible names listed in the article while you remain annonymous.
Who should we believe?

You've never stated WHAT city these troops are stationed in on THESE STREET CORNERS.

Just admit you're either a liar or have been duped....

(for those that care about this myth....it began when a caller on a conspiracy talk show mentioned that 500 or 1,000 or so troops had been stationed back to a certain army base, which is normal)

After that this urban myth took off.......that the army is now invading american street corners.,.....

Where? What city?

lol. I'm shocked that the cafe mods would allow this nonsense. There should be some minimum standard of truth in moderators job performance schedules......

you are accusing people here all the time, why is that ,are you well?

There are 'credible' physicists all over the internet that believe in interdimensional invisible alien creatures....

There are 'credible' people that believe that the eeevil GW Bush plotted the 9/11 attacks.

There are 'credible' people that believe that the eeeevil jewish international banking community is causing our financial crisis.

Back up your claims. Show some photos of these troops. Funny that noone has posted anything credible about it anywhere when everyone has a camera on their cell phones.

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Founder of BOINC team Objectivists. Oh the humanity! Rational people crunching data!
I did NOT authorize this belly writing!

I'm so sorry.

It must have been my fault that you confused me with Naomi Wolfe.

Was it because I placed my name in the author's place?...nope
Was it because I claimed some level of co-author status?...nope again

Maybe it's because I didn't tell you to read the title of the thread.

I am not responsible for the content of the article.
I simply posted it so everyone could be aware of the warnings issued by Ms. Wolfe.

Please forward all problems related to the article to the author.
Thank you for your cooperation
Have a nice day