Pentagon as "Lead Agency"

Its official now. The President has set forth a new agenda for the US military as disaster relief, says the Washington Times:

"It is now clear that a challenge on this scale requires greater federal authority and a broader role for the armed forces -- the institution of our government most capable of massive logistical operations on a moment's notice," he said. That would require a change of law, since the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 forbids the military from performing civilian law enforcement duties. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is investigating possible reforms to the act, which Pentagon officials consider archaic.

Though, this is being instigated by a conservative president, the real culprit is the liberal media, the very ones who so blatantly criticized the federal response. Failure to point to the incompetence of the locals mean the federals must now answer for the shortcomings of others. So much for State's Rights.