- �A Defense Apartment document, entitled Defense Support of
- Civil Authorities (Directive 3025.18), emanating from the
- Obama Administration justifies the President�s authority
- for attacks on American citizens. Interestingly, this story
- was originally run by the Washington Times at this link
- m.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/28/inside-the-ring-directive-outlines-/
- This story has been scrubbed from the Washington Times website
- in a very interesting application of damage control.�
- Inside the Ring: Directive outlines Obama�s plan to use the
- military against citizens
- The Washington Times
- Wednesday, May 28, 2014
- A 2010 Pentagon directive on military support to civilian
- authorities details what critics say is a troubling policy
- that envisions the Obama administration�s potential use of
- military force against Americans.
- The directive contains noncontroversial provisions on support
- to civilian fire and emergency services, special events and the
- domestic use of the Army Corps of Engineers.
- The troubling aspect of the directive outlines presidential
- authority for the use of military arms and forces, including
- unarmed drones, in operations against domestic unrest.
- �This appears to be the latest step in the administration�s
- decision to use force within the United States against its
- citizens,� said a defense official opposed to the directive.
- Directive No. 3025.18, �Defense Support of Civil Authorities,�
- was issued Dec. 29, 2010, and states that U.S. commanders �are
- provided emergency authority under this directive.�
- �Federal military forces shall not be used to quell civil
- disturbances unless specifically authorized by the president
- in accordance with applicable law or permitted under emergency
- authority,� the directive states.
- �In these circumstances, those federal military commanders
- have the authority, in extraordinary emergency circumstances
- where prior authorization by the president is impossible and
- duly constituted local authorities are unable to control the
- situation, to engage temporarily in activities that are
- necessary to quell large-scale, unexpected civil disturbances�
- under two conditions.
- The conditions include military support needed �to prevent
- significant loss of life or wanton destruction of property and
- are necessary to restore governmental function and public order.�
- A second use is when federal, state and local authorities �are
- unable or decline to provide adequate protection for federal
- property or federal governmental functions.�
- �Federal action, including the use of federal military forces,
- is authorized when necessary to protect the federal property or
- functions,� the directive states.
- Military assistance can include loans of arms, ammunition,
- vessels and aircraft. The directive states clearly that it is
- for engaging civilians during times of unrest.
- A U.S. official said the Obama administration considered but
- rejected deploying military force under the directive during the
- recent standoff with Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his armed
- supporters.
- Mr. Bundy is engaged in a legal battle with the federal Bureau of
- Land Management over unpaid grazing fees. Along with a group of
- protesters, Mr. Bundy in April confronted federal and local
- authorities in a standoff that ended when the authorities backed
- down.
- The Pentagon directive authorizes the secretary of defense to
- approve the use of unarmed drones in domestic unrest. But it bans
- the use of missile-firing unmanned aircraft.
- �Use of armed [unmanned aircraft systems] is not authorized,�
- the directive says.
- The directive was signed by then-Deputy Defense Secretary William
- J. Lynn. A copy can be found on the Pentagon website:
- http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/302518p.pdf
- Directive 3025.18 Mirrored:
- http://www.scribd.com/doc/226978000/Dod
- Defense analysts say there has been a buildup of military units
- within non-security-related federal agencies, notably the creation
- of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams. The buildup has
- raised questions about whether the Obama administration is
- undermining civil liberties under the guise of counterterrorism
- and counternarcotics efforts.
- Other agencies with SWAT teams reportedly include the Department
- of Agriculture, the Railroad Retirement Board, the Tennessee Valley
- Authority, the Office of Personnel Management, the Consumer Product
- Safety Commission, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the
- Education Department.
- The militarization of federal agencies, under little-known statues
- that permit deputization of security officials, comes as the White
- House has launched verbal attacks on private citizens� ownership of
- firearms despite the fact that most gun owners are law-abiding citizens.
- A White House National Security Council spokeswoman declined to comment.
- President Obama stated at the National Defense University a year
- ago: �I do not believe it would be constitutional for the government
- to target and kill any U.S. citizen � with a drone or with a shotgun
- � without due process, nor should any president deploy armed drones
- over U.S. soil.�
- HOUSE HITS ON A DOWNGRADE
- The House defense authorization bill passed last week calls for
- adding $10 million to the Pentagon�s future warfare think tank and
- for codifying the Office of Net Assessment (ONA) as a semi-independent
- unit.
- The provision is being called the Andrew Marshall amendment after
- the ONA�s longtime director and reflects congressional support for
- the 92-year-old manager and his staying power through numerous
- administrations, Republican and Democratic.
- Mr. Marshall�s opponents within the Pentagon and the Obama administration
- persuaded Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel this year to downgrade the ONA
- by cutting its budget and placing it under the control of the undersecretary
- of defense for policy. The ONA currently is a separate entity within the
- Office of the Secretary of Defense.
- Members of the House Committee on Armed Services objected and added
- the $10 million to the administration�s $8.9 million request, along
- with a legal provision that would codify ONA�s current status as separate
- from the policy undersecretary shop.
- The committee was concerned Mr. Hagel�s downgrade would �limit the
- ability and flexibility of ONA to conduct long-range comparative
- assessments,� the report on the authorization bill states.
- �The office has a long history of providing alternative analyses and
- strategies that challenge the �group think� that can often pervade the
- Department of Defense,� the report says, noting an increasing demand
- for unconventional thinking about space warfare capabilities by China
- and Russia.
- In addition to adding funds, the bill language requires the ONA to
- study alternative U.S. defense and deterrence strategies related to the
- space warfare programs of both countries.
- China is developing advanced missiles capable of shooting down satellites
- in low and high earth orbits. It also is building lasers and electronic
- jammers to disrupt satellites, a key U.S. strategic military advantage.
- Russia is said to be working on anti-satellite missiles and other
- space weapons.
- �The committee believes the office must remain an independent organization
- within the department, reporting directly to the secretary,� the report said.
- Mr. Marshall, sometimes referred to as the Pentagon�s �Yoda,� after
- the Star Wars character, has come under fire from opponents in the
- administration, who say he is too independent and not aligned with the
- administration�s soft-line defense policies.
- The ONA is known for its extensive use of contractors and lack of producing
- specific overall net assessments of future warfare challenges, as required
- by the office�s charter.
- One example of the ONA�s unconventional thinking was the recent contractor
- report �China: The Three Warfares,� which revealed Beijing�s extensive use
- of political warfare against the United States, including psychological
- warfare, media warfare and legal warfare.
- ��The Three Warfares� is a dynamic, three-dimensional, war-fighting
- process that constitutes war by other means,� the report says.
- A Pentagon spokesman had no immediate comment.
- NO DENNIS RODMAN DEFENSE
- Navy Adm. James A. �Sandy� Winnefeld, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
- of Staff, said Wednesday that the Pentagon is deploying more and higher-
- quality missile defenses to counter potential nuclear attacks from North
- Korea and Iran.
- �This is about ensuring we can deny the objectives of any insecure
- authoritarian state that believes acquisition of deliverable weapons
- of mass destruction is key to the preservation of its regime,� Adm.
- Winnefeld said in a speech to the Atlantic Council. �The number of
- states trying to achieve that capability is growing, not shrinking,
- with our principal current concern being North Korea, because they are
- closest in terms of capability, followed by Iran.�
- He added that missile defenses are needed �because we�re not betting on
- Dennis Rodman as our deterrent against a future North Korean ICBM threat.�
- He was referring to the heavily tattooed and pierced former NBA star,
- who has traveled to North Korea as a guest of leader Kim Jong-un. Mr.
- Rodman calls the dictator his �friend.�
- �A robust and capable missile defense is our best bet to defend the
- United States from such an attack and is, in my view, our No. 1 missile
- defense priority,� Adm. Winnefeld said.
- North Korea is continuing to develop long-range missiles and nuclear
- weapons. It recently threatened to conduct a fourth nuclear test, and
- analysts say signs from the closed communist state suggest the North
- Koreans may test a missile warhead.
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