On August 11, President Donald Trump deployed National Guard troops to Washington D.C. and federalized the city’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Armed troops are patrolling the streets of D.C. with an influx of agents from the FBI, DHS, DEA, ICE, the State Department, and other federal agencies. Guard troops from Louisiana, South Carolina, Mississippi, West […]
Category: Statements
As of late October 2024, worries about a redraft of DOD Directive 5240.01 have gone viral on social media. The Directive deals with military intelligence assistance to civil authorities in non-crisis situations. This is a topic with a lot of layers, so it seemed worthwhile to provide guidance on what elements of this concern to […]