The site:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_dougherty/19990923_xnjdo_panel_sees.shtml
The article:
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Panel sees danger
ahead for America
Domestic threats
seen likely to increase
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By Jon E. Dougherty
© 1999 WorldNetDaily.com
Over the next 25 years the U.S. will increasingly become less secure domestically against a range of terrorist attacks, forcing people to expand their "concept of national security" while testing individual political values, according to a report authored by the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century.
The commission, headed by former senators Gary Hart and Warren B. Rudman and staffed by business, academic and former military leaders, is currently studying the issue of national security in preparation of a three-part report to be completed by April 2001. Of their most significant findings, the panel believes that "America will become increasingly vulnerable to hostile attack on our homeland, and our military superiority will not entirely protect us" over the next quarter century.
The first report, entitled, " New World Coming: American Security in the 21st Century," concluded that the U.S. will remain "both absolutely and relatively stronger than any other state or combination of states." However, the panel said "emerging powers -- either singly or in coalition -- will increasingly constrain U.S. options regionally and limit its strategic influence." Consequently, the commission believes "(the U.S.) will remain limited in our ability to impose our will (dictatorship), and we will be vulnerable to an increasing range of threats against American forces and citizens overseas as well as at home."
"States, terrorists, and other disaffected groups," the report said, "will acquire weapons of mass destruction and mass disruption, and some will use them. Americans will likely die on American soil, possibly in large numbers." The commission also believes "rapid advances in information and biotechnologies" will also "create new vulnerabilities for U.S. security." And, the panel said, advances in communications and information technology will make national borders "more porous; some will bend and some will break."
The notion that American citizens will someday be subjected to varying forms of terrorism on their own turf is garnering increasing concern from military and political leaders as well. In February, Defense Secretary William Cohen even told the Senate Armed Services Committee that Americans might have to surrender some civil rights in order to gain more security in the fight against domestic terrorism. (the "new" drug war?)
"We need greater intelligence and that means not only foreign-gathered intelligence but here at home," Cohen said. "That is going to put us on a collision course with rights of privacy. And it's something that democracies have got to come to grips with -- how much are we going to demand of our intelligence agencies and how much are we willing to give up in the way of intrusion into our lives? That is a tradeoff that is going to have to come."
Already lawmakers are considering legislation that would enhance the use of military forces in domestic law enforcement capacities. The FY 2000 Defense Authorization Bill, already passed by the House, includes provisions that would provide local law enforcement agencies increased access to military assets without necessarily having to compensate the Pentagon for their use.
But critics have dismissed the idea as a blatant violation of the Posse Comitatus Act -- which prevents U.S. military forces from engaging in most domestic law enforcement activities -- as well as a recipe to invite more military involvement from civil authorities no longer concerned about "paying the government back."
Greg Nojeim, Washington legislative counsel for the ACLU, said, "The defense authorization bill promises more military involvement in civilian law enforcement at virtually the same time Congress is investigating the role of the military units at Waco."
"We're particularly concerned that the bill effectively removes any requirement that military units be relied on only in an emergency," he added.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner, R-Va., denied that, saying, "There is no Posse Comitatus exception contained in this provision. The fact is this provision specifically prohibits military personnel from engaging in 'search, seizure, arrest or similar activity.'"
Nevertheless, the panel's belief that more domestic terrorism will hit the U.S. over the next quarter century is a theme popular in the nation's capitol, and the most dangerous aspect of the report, others say, is that it will only serve to reinforce the notion among lawmakers that decreasing civil liberties to enhance security is the only viable solution.
The report -- the panel's second of four planned reports -- was released September 20 and provided supporting research and analysis of the commission's earlier predictions that the U.S. will eventually be attacked domestically, "the survival and security of the United States" remains a priority among national leaders.
The 151-page report also discusses the nature of global economics -- a contributing factor to potential unrest -- and how peoples and nations will be governed over the next quarter-century. The panel believes more "international and improved regulatory regimes" in the future may translate "into less capacity for states to manipulate national economic policy." The report said "ties that bind individual or group loyalty to a state can change and even unravel, and the next 25 years portend a good deal of unraveling."
"In all cases," the commission said, "the changes ahead have the potential to undermine the authority of states." Some experts cited by the panel, such as Wolfgang H. Reinicke, suggest that the principle of state sovereignty itself, "and the state system, is wasting away."(yes. it does seem to be happening)
But the panel countered this view with supporting commentary from other experts who see inherent danger in losing sovereignty. In any case, the commission believes state sovereignty will survive the "next 25 years, and probably long after."
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Emphasis and parenthasis comments mine.
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John/az
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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_dougherty/19990923_xnjdo_panel_sees.shtml
The article:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Panel sees danger
ahead for America
Domestic threats
seen likely to increase
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
By Jon E. Dougherty
© 1999 WorldNetDaily.com
Over the next 25 years the U.S. will increasingly become less secure domestically against a range of terrorist attacks, forcing people to expand their "concept of national security" while testing individual political values, according to a report authored by the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century.
The commission, headed by former senators Gary Hart and Warren B. Rudman and staffed by business, academic and former military leaders, is currently studying the issue of national security in preparation of a three-part report to be completed by April 2001. Of their most significant findings, the panel believes that "America will become increasingly vulnerable to hostile attack on our homeland, and our military superiority will not entirely protect us" over the next quarter century.
The first report, entitled, " New World Coming: American Security in the 21st Century," concluded that the U.S. will remain "both absolutely and relatively stronger than any other state or combination of states." However, the panel said "emerging powers -- either singly or in coalition -- will increasingly constrain U.S. options regionally and limit its strategic influence." Consequently, the commission believes "(the U.S.) will remain limited in our ability to impose our will (dictatorship), and we will be vulnerable to an increasing range of threats against American forces and citizens overseas as well as at home."
"States, terrorists, and other disaffected groups," the report said, "will acquire weapons of mass destruction and mass disruption, and some will use them. Americans will likely die on American soil, possibly in large numbers." The commission also believes "rapid advances in information and biotechnologies" will also "create new vulnerabilities for U.S. security." And, the panel said, advances in communications and information technology will make national borders "more porous; some will bend and some will break."
The notion that American citizens will someday be subjected to varying forms of terrorism on their own turf is garnering increasing concern from military and political leaders as well. In February, Defense Secretary William Cohen even told the Senate Armed Services Committee that Americans might have to surrender some civil rights in order to gain more security in the fight against domestic terrorism. (the "new" drug war?)
"We need greater intelligence and that means not only foreign-gathered intelligence but here at home," Cohen said. "That is going to put us on a collision course with rights of privacy. And it's something that democracies have got to come to grips with -- how much are we going to demand of our intelligence agencies and how much are we willing to give up in the way of intrusion into our lives? That is a tradeoff that is going to have to come."
Already lawmakers are considering legislation that would enhance the use of military forces in domestic law enforcement capacities. The FY 2000 Defense Authorization Bill, already passed by the House, includes provisions that would provide local law enforcement agencies increased access to military assets without necessarily having to compensate the Pentagon for their use.
But critics have dismissed the idea as a blatant violation of the Posse Comitatus Act -- which prevents U.S. military forces from engaging in most domestic law enforcement activities -- as well as a recipe to invite more military involvement from civil authorities no longer concerned about "paying the government back."
Greg Nojeim, Washington legislative counsel for the ACLU, said, "The defense authorization bill promises more military involvement in civilian law enforcement at virtually the same time Congress is investigating the role of the military units at Waco."
"We're particularly concerned that the bill effectively removes any requirement that military units be relied on only in an emergency," he added.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner, R-Va., denied that, saying, "There is no Posse Comitatus exception contained in this provision. The fact is this provision specifically prohibits military personnel from engaging in 'search, seizure, arrest or similar activity.'"
Nevertheless, the panel's belief that more domestic terrorism will hit the U.S. over the next quarter century is a theme popular in the nation's capitol, and the most dangerous aspect of the report, others say, is that it will only serve to reinforce the notion among lawmakers that decreasing civil liberties to enhance security is the only viable solution.
The report -- the panel's second of four planned reports -- was released September 20 and provided supporting research and analysis of the commission's earlier predictions that the U.S. will eventually be attacked domestically, "the survival and security of the United States" remains a priority among national leaders.
The 151-page report also discusses the nature of global economics -- a contributing factor to potential unrest -- and how peoples and nations will be governed over the next quarter-century. The panel believes more "international and improved regulatory regimes" in the future may translate "into less capacity for states to manipulate national economic policy." The report said "ties that bind individual or group loyalty to a state can change and even unravel, and the next 25 years portend a good deal of unraveling."
"In all cases," the commission said, "the changes ahead have the potential to undermine the authority of states." Some experts cited by the panel, such as Wolfgang H. Reinicke, suggest that the principle of state sovereignty itself, "and the state system, is wasting away."(yes. it does seem to be happening)
But the panel countered this view with supporting commentary from other experts who see inherent danger in losing sovereignty. In any case, the commission believes state sovereignty will survive the "next 25 years, and probably long after."
[/quote]
Emphasis and parenthasis comments mine.
------------------
John/az
"The middle of the road between the extremes of good and evil, is evil. When freedom is at stake, your silence is not golden, it's yellow..." RKBA!
www.quixtar.com
referal #2005932