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Saturday, May 31, 2014

Directive No. 3025.18 [PDF]: "Defense Support of Civil Authorities"



Directive No. 3025.18 [PDF]: "Defense Support of Civil Authorities," Dec. 29, 2010
“Federal military commanders are provided EMERGENCY AUTHORITY under this Directive. Federal military forces shall not be used to quell civil disturbances unless specifically authorized by the President in accordance with applicable law.. In these circumstances, those Federal military commanders have the authority, in extraordinary emergency circumstances where prior authorization by the President is impossible and duly constituted local authorities are unable to control the situation to engage temporarily in activities that are necessary to quell large-scale, unexpected civil disturbances…”http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/302518p.pdf

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