Is U.S. Military Now Authorized to Kill Americans on U.S. Soil?

Is U.S. Military Now Authorized to Kill Americans on U.S. Soil?

(authorized by the Department of Defense September 27, 2024)

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We have all been waiting to see what stunt would be pulled right before the November elections. So, here it is! The U.S. military has granted itself permission via DoD DIRECTIVE 5240.01 under the Biden-Harris Administration to unleash “lethal force” on the civilian population in cases of “national security emergency”.

So, this new directive expands the military’s role. This is BAD news, dear readers! Lethal force in domestic operations here in our homeland is unacceptable!

Why isn’t this front page news??? The mainstream media is suppressing news, as you are probably aware…

This comes right before this year’s major election.

Does the corrupt Biden-Harris Administration think there’s going to be civil unrest around the election, such civil unrest that the military could shoot Americans?
Does this administration intend to deny the election results using the military?   

Please Note: The U.S. military, for the record, is expressly prohibited from engaging domestically with the citizenry with very specific, narrow exceptions, per the Posse Comitatus Act, 18 U.S. Code § 1385, via Legal Information Institute… so that means it’s prohibited! This 5240.01 directive was NOT authorized by Congress.

The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 was enacted to keep the U.S. military out of civilian law enforcement except where authorized by Congress, but now previous versions of this Act have been repealed.

Note: Evidently, the Posse Comitatus Act does not apply to the National Guard unless it is activated for federal service. The Constitution does empower Congress to authorize the militia to be called forth to execute federal law.

Does the president have command over the National Guard?

According to Cornell Law School:  Most of the time, state National Guards are activated and commanded by the governors of their respective states or territories, but presidents (with input from top officials) can federalize the guard in certain cases. The DC National Guard is solely under federal control.

Posse Comitatus Act:  Can US Troops Be Deployed on American Soil?

The Posse Comitatus Act and the Insurrection Act of 1807 define and limit the power of the federal government to use U.S. military troops to enforce the law or federal domestic policy within the borders of the United States.

Key Takeaways: The Posse Comitatus and Insurrection Acts  

• The Posse Comitatus Act and the Insurrection Act work in tandem to define and limit circumstances under which U.S. military forces can be deployed on American soil.

• The Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the armed forces from being used to enforce laws within the United States, unless authorized by the Constitution or an act of Congress.

• The Insurrection Act provides an exception to the Posse Comitatus Act, authorizing the president to deploy both the regular U.S. military and the active-duty National Guard in cases of insurrection and rebellion.

• The Insurrection Act can empower the president to bypass Congress in deploying the regular military on American soil.

• While the rights to assemble and protest are granted by the First Amendment, they can be limited or suspended when such protests endanger property or human life and safety.

Is the U.S. Military Constitutionally authorized to kill civilians on U.S. soil without the approval of the US Congress?

The Military’s Huge Power Grab To Nullify Posse Comitatus, Paving The Way To Kill Americans On American Soil

From the article:

The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 was passed by Congress and contained only one sentence prohibiting military forces from being involved in law enforcement on domestic soil. It has been watered down over the last 50 years but has now been shattered into oblivion since the Department of Defense unilaterally declared it so. Can they do that? No, but who can stop them? The expected melee after the November 5 election could literally spark Civil War II.

According to the Brennan Center,

There are no constitutional exceptions to the Posse Comitatus Act. The law allows only for express exceptions, and no part of the Constitution expressly empowers the president to use the military to execute the law. This conclusion is consistent with the law’s legislative history, which suggests that its drafters chose to include the language about constitutional exceptions as part of a face-saving compromise, not because they believed any existed.

This has not stopped the Department of Defense from claiming that constitutional exceptions to the law exist. The Department has long claimed that the Constitution implicitly gives military commanders “emergency authority” to unilaterally use federal troops “to quell large-scale, unexpected civil disturbances” when doing so is “necessary” and prior authorization by the president is impossible. In the past, the department also claimed an inherent constitutional power to use the military to protect federal property and functions when local governments could not or would not do so. The validity of these claimed authorities has never been tested in court.
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The Department of Defense has no authority to override Congress. DoD Directive 5240.01 was spawned in the bowels of the DoD, likely with the encouragement of President Joe Biden and his evil band of Technocrats who are presently running the country and who have already weaponized everything in sight against Americans.
⁃ Patrick Wood, TN Editor.

See this ZeroHedge article dated October 12, 2024:

As the U.S. prepares for one of the most controversial and closely watched elections in its history, a concerning update to DoD Directive 5240.01 has quietly been put into effect. Reissued on September 27, 2024, this directive governs the Department of Defense’s (DoD) intelligence activities and now includes provisions authorizing lethal force in certain circumstances when assisting civilian law enforcement. While the directive forbids assassination, it opens the door to lethal interventions under “national security” conditions….

The re-issuance of DoD Directive 5240.01 repealed previous versions, including the 1982 DoD 5240.1-R. While the update might seem routine, the changes regarding the use of lethal force in domestic operations are significant.

In the 2016 version, the directive primarily focused on intelligence collection and ensuring civil liberties protections for U.S. persons. It emphasized strict oversight and the need for authorization before collecting U.S. person information.

However, the 2024 version expands the military’s role, particularly in assisting civil law enforcement, and authorizes lethal force under specific conditions, raising questions about its use during potential civil unrest surrounding the election.”
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Following Military Directive 5240.01, it authorizes the Department of Defense to use lethal force on United States Citizens:

DOD DIRECTIVE 5240.01  DOD INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES AND DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE COMPONENT ASSISTANCE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER CIVIL AUTHORITIES

Originating Component:  Office of the Under-Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security

Effective: September 27, 2024

Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the Directives Division Website at https://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/.

 Reissues and Cancels: DoD Directive 5240.01, “DoD Intelligence Activities,” August 27, 2007, as amended

Incorporates and Cancels: DoD 5240.1-R, “Procedures Governing the Activities of DoD Intelligence Components that Affect United States Persons,” December 7, 1982, as amended

Approved by: Kathleen H. Hicks, Deputy Secretary of Defense (another appointed liberal DEI implant from the Biden-Harris Administration.) Pictured below:

Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin – January 22, 2021

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Snippets from the new directive Document 5240.01:

3.3. LEVELS OF AUTHORITY.

a. Secretary of Defense Approval.

(c) Assistance in responding with assets with potential for lethality, or any situation in which it is reasonably foreseeable that providing the requested assistance may involve the use of force that is likely to result in lethal force, including death or serious bodily injury. It also includes all support to civilian law enforcement officials in situations where a confrontation between civilian law enforcement and civilian individuals or groups is reasonably anticipated. Such use of force must be in accordance with DoDD 5210.56, potentially as further restricted based on the specifics of the requested support.

(d) Provision or use of DoD unmanned systems [possible DEWs, drones, missiles, lasers, pagers, weather modification, etc.] in the United States except as delegated by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to the October 31, 2023 Secretary of Defense Memorandum.

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After all – the DOD spends $1 billion annually on developing directed energy—concentrated electromagnetic energy—weapons. For example, DOD has developed high-energy lasers that have successfully shot down drones in demonstrations.

So… if we’re capable of taking out the enemy, what do we think they’re capable of doing here in our very own homeland? 

Demonstrator Laser Weapon System
at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico

Back to snippets from the new DoD Directive:

3.4. APPROVAL CONSIDERATIONS.

a. Approval of requests for permissible assistance described in Paragraph 3.2. may be provided on a case-by-case basis, or may be provided for a particular type of assistance or operation that must be conducted in accordance with DoDM 5240.01.

b. The legal office responsible, subject to Paragraph 2.2.c., for advising the approval authority must determine the assistance may be provided lawfully.

c. The approval authority will consider these factors:

(1) Lethality.

The extent to which the assistance to be provided involves the potential use of lethal force.

In closing:  Defunding the police, implementing DoD Directive 5240.01, and continuing implementing State Department Document 7277 (Freedom from War) by the current administration are all together bringing in the one world government. Could there be plans to bring in United Nations (UN) Forces to police U.S. soils?

The end plan is to disarm all citizens worldwide, and America stands in the way.

The present corrupt administration is a domestic enemy of the state, socialist, and a communistic regime that must be replaced at all costs.

Do civilians have any authority over the military? Under our U.S. Constitution, civilian control of the military is supposed to be shared across all three branches of government. So basically, civilian control is exerted by the will of the American people as exercised through elections.

Vote Tuesday, November 5, 2024 as if your life depends on it!

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