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Originally Posted by joannej
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Am familiar with the articles, the law involved, and the "domestic security" structure and response plans. Suffice to say that it's my business to understand this stuff.
NORTHCOM is not in the "military takeover of domestic security" business. The federal response to any emergency situation is formatted according to an orchestrated script based on situations and civilian authority. A lot of information on the Emergency Response System - how it's organized, who does what and when - is available at
www.FEMA.gov within its "training" pages and is accessible by everyone.
To many who watch CNN, the federal response to anything seems disjointed, but that's mainly due to the reporters themselves not understanding (or ignoring) the process, the federal support hierarchies, what the Principal Federal Official (PFO) does, how a Common Operating Picture is maintained, how the various federal operations centers coordinate the support, and the fact that at all ttimes the Department of Justice (usually through the FBI) provides the Principal Law Enforcement Official to support the PFO in maintaining civilian control over the event.
We're just not in a "Seven Days in May" posture, and the checks and balances keep it from happening.