bet you did not know the Coast Guard is part of Homeland security. I sure didn't! USCG used to be under US Department of Transportation, but now...
Coast Guard monitored Occupy Buffalo movement
Nearly a year after Occupy Buffalo protesters camped out in Niagara Square, they have discovered that the Coast Guard was monitoring their activities, according to documents obtained last week through a Freedom of Information request.
"Everybody thinks FBI, CIA, but no one thinks Coast Guard," said Michael Kuzma, a lawyer who has worked with the organization.
Ok it seems to make sense, but why is yet another federal agency performing their own intel?
I thought that the US military was barred from operating domestically. I did some reading however and found that Posse Comitatus only applies to the Army and Air Force...
Hummmm