The Posse Comitatus Act

<p>The Posse Comitatus Act Ill-Conceived and Wrong for the US A domestic terrorism threat exists in the country today and the Posse Comitatus Act is a barrier to successfully employing every aspect of national power to counter that threat. The nation is under attack by an enemy following a comprehensive long term strategic plan destroy our way of life with the grand mission of Civilization Jihad. As the civilization jihad progresses the threat to national security increases. With the Posse Comitatus Act in place the nation can not bring to bear the full weight of the military to effect homeland security within the domestic borders. For most people the origin of the Posse Comitatus Act is misunderstood. Posse comitatus a tradition dating back to 13th century England originates with the medieval practice of summoning a group of able bodied men to assist the King's sheriff in pursuing lawbreakers. A Latin term posse comitatus translates to the power of the county. By the 17th century the tradition of forming a posse would make way for warrants and summons in England but the tradition would carry over to the colonies and serve a vital role in establishing federal policing powers for a newly independent United States.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>