Yesterday
I
reported on Deborah Davis who is facing federal charges for not showing her
ID to a police officer on a bus during a random check. Today we learn about the
Pentagon wanting to expand it’s powers to operate domestically and investigate
citizens of this country: This from the

Washington Post:

The Defense Department has expanded its programs aimed at gathering and
analyzing intelligence within the United States, creating new agencies,
adding personnel and seeking additional legal authority for domestic
security activities in the post-9/11 world.

The moves have taken place on several fronts. The White House is
considering expanding the power of a little-known Pentagon agency called the
Counterintelligence Field Activity, or CIFA, which was created three years
ago. The proposal, made by a presidential commission, would transform CIFA
from an office that coordinates Pentagon security efforts — including
protecting military facilities from attack — to one that also has authority
to investigate crimes within the United States such as treason, foreign or
terrorist sabotage or even economic espionage.

The Pentagon has pushed legislation on Capitol Hill that would create an
intelligence exception to the Privacy Act, allowing the FBI and others to
share information gathered about U.S. citizens with the Pentagon, CIA and
other intelligence agencies, as long as the data is deemed to be related to
foreign intelligence. Backers say the measure is needed to strengthen
investigations into terrorism or weapons of mass destruction.

The proposals, and other Pentagon steps aimed at improving its ability to
analyze counterterrorism intelligence collected inside the United States,
have drawn complaints from civil liberties advocates and a few members of
Congress, who say the Defense Department’s push into domestic collection is
proceeding with little scrutiny by the Congress or the public.

“We are deputizing the military to spy on law-abiding Americans in
America. This is a huge leap without even a [congressional] hearing,” Sen.
Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence,
said in a recent interview.

Article continues

here.

What amazes me is thinking back to the days after Katrina hit ground and we
heard mayor Nagin and Governor Blanco calling for U.S. troops to come in and
assist. The big argument was them being able to operate domestically and today
we hear that they have been operating domestically somewhat and are working to
get more power domestically.

This administration is shredding the constitution of this country. They have
absolutely no regards for it what so ever. The citizens of the United States are
becoming hostage by its own government and that is scarey.

John has
more on this.