PatBellamy

Let’s talk about Trump’s “Strengthening and Unleashing Law Enforcement” EO. There’s a lot of analysis out there on the possibility of this being a prelude to the Insurrection Act and trying to suspend Posse Comitatus, but there’s not much on what I consider the bigger threat. To my eye, this EO potentially paves the way for more information and intelligence sharing between government agencies and local law enforcement. “Shall increase the provision of excess military and *national security assets* in local jurisdictions to assist State and local law enforcement.” Obviously, state and federal agencies already coordinate on the big stuff - and they should - but what happens when the full might of our intelligence apparatus is turned inward? If you think it’s wrong for Europe to be arresting people for social media posts, you shouldn’t be happy about this executive order. Full stop.