Coming Soon to a Republic Near You: Martial Law?

The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United States by 2011 trained to help state and local officials respond to a nuclear terrorist attack or other domestic catastrophe, according to Pentagon officials.

What Pentagon officials didn't add was that a domestic force could also be deployed in a martial law role (North American Union, anyone?). So much for the Posse Comitatus Act.

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