All
Obama's Federal Agencies Now Feature Militarized, Armed
Civilian Troops
Obama
has created his private army
Over
the last 2 years, NTEB has brought you story after story exposing the bizarre
federal civilian purchases of hollow-point ammunition, firearms, and 2,700
light-armored tanks for non-military groups like the US Postal Service, and
Social Security. Now it can be revealed that Obama has created a vast,
militarized Federal civilian army spread out across dozens of agencies, all whom
report to his administration.
His
2008 campaign promise to create a private civilian army has come to
pass.
Why
would the U.S. government want the SSA to kill 174,000 of our citizens, even
during a time of civil unrest?
SANTA
FE, N.M. - In late February, four federal agents carrying side arms with a
drug-sniffing dog descended on the Taos Ski Valley in what was called a
"saturation patrol."
Authorities
were working on tips of possible drug selling and impaired driving in the ski
resort's parking lot and surrounding area. But the agents weren't from the FBI,
ATF or even the Drug Enforcement Administration. Rather, the agents represented
the U.S. Forest Service.
"It's
one of the untold stories about government," said former New Mexico Gov. Gary
Johnson, who lives in Taos, is an avid skier and has been a leading critic of
the operation that turned up only a few minor infractions. "People don't grasp
the size and the scope of these entities and their law enforcement
arms."
It
may come as a surprise to many U.S. taxpayers, but a slew of federal agencies -
some whose responsibilities seem to have little to do with combating crime -
carry active law enforcement operations.
Here's
a partial list:
The
U.S. Department of Education
The Bureau of Land Management (200 uniformed law enforcement rangers and 70 special agents)
The U.S. Department of the Interior
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service (with an armed uniformed division of 1.000)
The National Park Service (made up of NPS protection park rangers and U.S. Park Police officers that operate independently)
The Environmental Protection Agency (200 special agents)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (224 special agents)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
That's right, NOAA - the folks who forecast the weather, monitor the atmosphere and keep tabs on the oceans and waterways - has its own law enforcement division. It has a budget of $65 million and consists of 191 employees, including 96 special agents and 28 enforcement officers who carry weapons.
The Bureau of Land Management (200 uniformed law enforcement rangers and 70 special agents)
The U.S. Department of the Interior
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service (with an armed uniformed division of 1.000)
The National Park Service (made up of NPS protection park rangers and U.S. Park Police officers that operate independently)
The Environmental Protection Agency (200 special agents)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (224 special agents)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
That's right, NOAA - the folks who forecast the weather, monitor the atmosphere and keep tabs on the oceans and waterways - has its own law enforcement division. It has a budget of $65 million and consists of 191 employees, including 96 special agents and 28 enforcement officers who carry weapons.
"There's
no question there's been a proliferation of police units at the federal level,"
said Tim Lynch, director of the Project On Criminal Justice for the Cato
Institute, a libertarian think tank based in Washington, D.C. "To me, it's been
a never-ending expansion, a natural progression, if you will, of these
administrative agencies always asking for bigger budgets and a little bit more
power."
It's
been estimated the U.S. has some 25,000 sworn law enforcement officers in
departments not traditionally associated with fighting crime. According to the
U.S. Office of Personnel Management, and in a tabulation compiled by the Wall
Street Journal in 2011, 3,812 criminal investigators are working in areas other
than the U.S.departments of Treasury, Justice,
Defense and Homeland Security. source - Watchdog.org
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