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But who is driving them ? Does the DHS have their own internal police force now ?
I thought the DHS was just a central administration agency to just coordinate communication between all the other government agencies.
Some interesting speculation on this issue. It's appropriate to ask what they are for After all, we paid for them.
What's telling about this entire issue is that NONE OF US KNOW exactly what they are for. Why don't we know? Why don't representatives of our government (who have to know that these kinds of transports - as well as the choppers and the war games taking place over urban areas) will raise questions and cause alarm among the citizenry, provide us with answers?
I've never heard an Obama speech that addressed the arming of DHS. I've never heard one of his minions address this issue. I've never read a press release put out by the WH on this issue. I've never heard a reporter ask what all the armament is for. I've never seen a report on TV or found anything tangible on the internet.
If there is a real answer to the OP's question I would like to know what it is as well.
The DHS didn't acquire 2700 armored vehicles. The vehicle order was for refurbishment and modification of vehicles currently owned by the military for the military.
The Department of Homeland Security is using 16 military-style, mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles for use during "high-risk warrants," according to an official spokesman.
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The MRAPs were transferred to DHS from the Department of Defense, free of charge. But despite recent reports, they have actually been in service since at least 2008.
"The MRAPs we have are not new," Ross Feinstein, a spokesman for DHS, told Business Insider. "We have been using them for years."
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Update: An earlier version of this post included a figure of over 2,700 vehicles, as cited from the original RT link. This figure likely comes from a press release from Navistar Defense, mentioning delivery of 2,717 to the U.S. Marine Corps. A DHS Spokesman confirmed with Business Insider that they have only 16 nationwide.
Even ONE military vehicle roaming the roads "on duty" is one too much.
The DHS is the military that the military can't be on US shores.
And now they are equipping themselves with military weapons/vehicles and equipping and training our local LE's.
Have you seen media pictures of what the local LE look like at protests ? You'd think they were invading a country the way they are outfitted and the vehicles they arrive in.
I needed a good laugh today. I especially liked the commentary on the video.
The John Edwards mistress story was broken by the National Enquirer. Why? Because no-one else wanted to touch it. People like to dismiss stories because of the source. You have to be careful what you buy into because there's a whole lot of crap out there, and I wish I didn't have to read sites like Prison Planet. There are stories reporting DHS arming up all over the internet, and yet the mainstream media isn't asking about it. Reasonable people - who pay the salaries of every one of these federal employees (from the janitors at DHS all the way up to Janet Napolitano) - have the right to answers. Reasonable people want to know what is happening, why it is happening, what changed in the landscape to make it happen, and why our political leaders feel it is both necessary and appropriate to not provide answers.
The biggest question is why our political leaders think it is OK to continue to allow speculation and increasing fear to fester among the citizens of the country?
Again I ask if there is anyone out there who legitimately knows what all the weapons, all the rounds, all the vehicles are for?
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Obama's Homeland Security armor on the move
