Insane Conservative Posse (ICP)

Thomas Eddlemm reported in the NewAmerican on Monday that President Bush admitted to weighing his options on whether or not to use military personnel on American soil to apprehend what were believed to be terror suspects while they were in New York.? Mr. Eddlemm utilizes a number of talking points raised in the initial article written by New York Times’ reporters Mark Mazzetti and David Johnston.? Posse Comitatus is described thusly:

Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or the 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.

Mr. Eddlemm seems to be insinuating that the Bush Administration violated law by merely entertaining the notion.? Which, obviously, is not so.? I can only imagine the amount of time I myself would be serving, or anyonefor that matter, if we were guilty merely because we thought about committing a crime.? Furthermore, who is to say that the President would have even been committing a crime had he done this, or who is to say that using operators inside the United States has not already been done period (read Eric Haney’s interviews).?

There are two troubling aspects with this article.? Number one, there are self-described Conservatives who seem to be tirelessly pursuing an agenda that parallels that of our liberal friends on the left.? Secondly, someone at New America is using The New York Timesas a foundation for their thought.? How far before some conservatives are quoting Sy Hersh as a respectable citizen-journalist??

-rj