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Topic started on 30-12-2003 @ 03:40 PM by shoo
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Armed military helicopters will patrol the Strip on New Year's Eve to protect the expected 350,000 revelers from a potential terrorist attack, officials said this morning.

"The intelligence over the last year and a half has made it clear that large open air gatherings could be targets, so I believe it is prudent and wise that we control that air space," Sheriff Bill Young said at a press conference this morning.

The Air National Guard and Marine helicopter gunships "are going to be very visible to the crowd," he said, adding that officials with Nellis Air Force Base will be on stand-by.


I have a question to all US citizens towards this security action. I myself would consider it very disturbing to have military helicopters hovering very visibly over my head. And this during my so-called holidays which I would take to relax and/or have fun.

It's unacceptable for my mind that military is beginning to join the daily life of the US citizens.


reply posted on 30-12-2003 @ 04:30 PM by Valhall
Originally posted by shoo
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Armed military helicopters will patrol the Strip on New Year's Eve to protect the expected 350,000 revelers from a potential terrorist attack, officials said this morning.

"The intelligence over the last year and a half has made it clear that large open air gatherings could be targets, so I believe it is prudent and wise that we control that air space," Sheriff Bill Young said at a press conference this morning.

The Air National Guard and Marine helicopter gunships "are going to be very visible to the crowd," he said, adding that officials with Nellis Air Force Base will be on stand-by.


I have a question to all US citizens towards this security action. I myself would consider it very disturbing to have military helicopters hovering very visibly over my head. And this during my so-called holidays which I would take to relax and/or have fun.

It's unacceptable for my mind that military is beginning to join the daily life of the US citizens.


I don't. Have you ever been to Vegas?

First off, you don't see daylight except when you get there and when you're leaving. The rest the time you're face deep in free liquor, and a crankin' on a one-armed bandit, or pitchin die like there's no tomorrow.

If you do get out in the middle of it, you're probably seeing the Carebears and talkin' to Harvey, so what difference will some black helicopters make?

And I don't mind a helicopter escort to and from the airport...kind of makes me feel special!



reply posted on 31-12-2003 @ 12:14 AM by Milk
Originally posted by shoo
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Armed military helicopters will patrol the Strip on New Year's Eve to protect the expected 350,000 revelers from a potential terrorist attack, officials said this morning.

"The intelligence over the last year and a half has made it clear that large open air gatherings could be targets, so I believe it is prudent and wise that we control that air space," Sheriff Bill Young said at a press conference this morning.

The Air National Guard and Marine helicopter gunships "are going to be very visible to the crowd," he said, adding that officials with Nellis Air Force Base will be on stand-by.


I have a question to all US citizens towards this security action. I myself would consider it very disturbing to have military helicopters hovering very visibly over my head. And this during my so-called holidays which I would take to relax and/or have fun.

It's unacceptable for my mind that military is beginning to join the daily life of the US citizens.



Guess the best you can do is hope some jackass with a rifle doesnt get drunk and start firing off rounds at them. I can see some dumbass redneck doing that, and thats just is judging by the stupidity of a population. Individuals may be smart, but put a few thousand people together, and the average IQ drops below 0...


reply posted on 31-12-2003 @ 01:14 AM by smirkley
In response to the military presence in the Southern States during the Reconstruction Era, Congress passed the Posse Comitatus Act[1] ("PCA" or the "Act") to prohibit the use of the Army in civilian law enforcement. The Act embodies the traditional American principle of separating civilian and military authority and currently forbids the use of the Army and Air Force to enforce civilian laws. In the last fifteen years, Congress has deliberately eroded this principle by involving the military in drug interdiction at our borders. This erosion will continue unless Congress renews the PCA's principle to preserve the necessary and traditional separation of civilian and military authority.

The need for reaffirmation of the PCA's principle is increasing because in recent years, Congress and the public have seen the military as a panacea for domestic problems. Within one week of the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City, President Clinton proposed an exception to the PCA to allow the military to aid civilian authorities in investigations involving "weapons of mass destruction." In addition to this proposal Congress also considered legislation to directly involve federal troops in enforcing customs and immigration laws at the border. In the 1996 presidential campaign, candidate Bob Dole pledged to increase the role of the military in the drug war, and candidate Lamar Alexander even proposed replacing the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Border Patrol with a new branch of the armed forces.

Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

Exceptions-in-name allow the military to provide equipment and supplies, technical assistance, information, and training to law enforcement agencies. Such provisions constitute passive assistance to civilian law enforcement, which does not subject any civilian to the regulatory, proscriptive, or coercive power of the military.

law.wustl.edu...

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