[star]The American Mind[star]

January 27, 2002

A military commander for North

A military commander for North American defense makes sense. Military response in future domestic attacks should be streamlined. I worry that mission creep could occur, and this new regional command could start getting involved with stuff like immigration and drug interdiction. Those are areas best left to civilian law enforcement. I also wonder how the new command would work with Tom Ridge's Office of Homeland Security. It could be another turf war for Ridge to fight.

What you can't say is that the Pentagon isn't getting serious about domestic security.

"Pentagon Plans New Command For U.S." [via Drudge]

Posted by Sean Hackbarth in at 01:37 AM | Comments (0)