Covert American assassination squads and jackbooted thugs back in vogue. Rumsfeld is pushing for aggressive, unilateral, and secretive actions by elite squads of US fighters against ‘terrorist’ forces. Ominous. From the Washington Post:
- Under the proposal, U.S. Navy SEALs would regularly board and search suspicious vessels on the high seas around the world even when permission is not granted. Until now, the military has conducted hostile boardings on only a limited basis, mainly off the Pakistani coast last winter and in the Persian Gulf in recent years to enforce the U.N. sanctions on Iraq. Holland also recommended that Special Operations troops should be given more latitude to engage in ground combat during anti-terrorist missions.