Army investigation finds Troop use After Ala. Shootings Illegal

Chris Matthews responding incredulously to Stewart Rhodes of the Oath Keepers about the necessity of reminding active duty military and police of their oath to defend the constitution and disobey unlawful orders :

"I guess I've always assumed that people knew that ever since Nuremberg that obeying orders wasn't a legitimate defense"

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"The officer who made the decision to send the Soldiers thought he had the authority based on his experience with responses to Hurricanes Katrina and Andrew, the report said."

There's your necessity right there Chris. A lot of these guys aren't real big on laws and 70 year old trials. They just follow orders. All they want is to earn a living, serve their country and raise a family. If they aren't made aware of their duty to disobey unlawful orders, they will be led into doing some despicable things and harming their fellow countrymen. One breach of the constitution will lead to another, and another and another, as this incident in Alabama illustrates. Just look at each successive wto or G20 meeting, the security response ratchets up a notch. Nightmarish robocops now fill the streets, gassing, assaulting and using experimental weaponry, not on dangerous foreign combatants, but on peaceful citizens exercising their right to free speech. Tell me again Chris Matthews why we don't need to remind them of their oaths to the constitution?

Good on whoever made a stink about this and got the army inspector to check it out. When nothing seems to surprise me anymore, the fact that the posse commitatus act is still in effect nearly bowled me over! We must remain vigilant though. If we're not careful posse commitatus breaches like these will become standard operating procedure and soon the laws and rights of the people will be routinely violated without a second thought. They're just following orders, now obey!

Good find Sharpsteve!

So, the Posse Comitatus Act is still in force? I remember reading something in the past year or two about a new law that basically invalidated Posse Comitatus....