“As an Internment/Resettlement Specialist for the Army National Guard, you will ensure the smooth running of military confinement/correctional facility or detention/internment facility, similar to those duties conducted by civilian Corrections Officers. . . . This will require you to know proper procedures and military law; and have the ability to think quickly in high-stress situations. Specific duties may include assisting with supervision and management operations; providing facility security; providing custody, control, supervision, and escort; and counseling individual prisoners in rehabilitative programs.”
The Specialist is hired handle prisoners in rehabilitatative programs. Since this program is similar to ordinary corrections officers, the question must be who are these specialists guarding? The answer to that question is made clearer by considering Army Regulation 210-35, entitled the “Civilian Inmate Labor Program,” that provides “guidance for establishing and managing civilian inmate labor programs on Army installations."
The conclusion to be drawn is that the National Guard is currently hiring Specialists to inter civilians.
Under National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive (National Security Presidential Directive NSPD 51/Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-20, or called simply “Executive Directive 51″ for short), signed by George W. Bush on 4 May 2007, the government has the authority to declare a national emergency and impose martial law. NSPD 51 grants extraordinary police state powers to the White House and Homeland Security, presumably including detention of a large number of people as established under these military programs.
On 30 July, CNN reported that the U.S. military is gearing up to get involved in the H1N1 swine flu outbreak promised to strike later this year.
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