3.3. LEVELS OF AUTHORITY.

Subject to Paragraph 3.1., Defense Intelligence Components may provide personnel to assist a Federal department or agency, including a Federal law enforcement agency, or a State or local law enforcement agency when lives are in danger, in response to a request for such assistance, in accordance with the following approval authorities:

a. Secretary of Defense Approval.

(1) The Secretary of Defense may approve any type of requested permissible assistance described in Paragraph 3.2.

(2) The decision to approve requests for these types of permissible assistance described in Paragraph 3.2. to law enforcement agencies and other civil authorities are reserved to the Secretary of Defense:

(a) Provision of personnel to support response efforts for civil disturbances, which may also require Presidential authorization.

(b) DoD response to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosive incidents.

© Assistance in responding with assets with potential for lethality, or any situation in which it is reasonably foreseeable that providing the requested assistance may involve the use of force that is likely to result in lethal force, including death or serious bodily injury. It also includes all support to civilian law enforcement officials in situations where a confrontation between civilian law enforcement and civilian individuals or groups is reasonably anticipated. Such use of force must be in accordance with DoDD 5210.56, potentially as further restricted based on the specifics of the requested support.

(d) Provision or use of DoD unmanned systems in the United States except as delegated by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to the October 31, 2023 Secretary of Defense Memorandum.

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    If this is so they can cut down the mobs of Trump supporters at the next Capitol riot, I’m here for it. They should have done that last time.

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          Yes, zwe must defend ze thousand year reich at all costs! Finally someone has ze courage to say it! /sarcasm

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            It’s really rich hearing people defend MAGAs and call other people nazis when Trump is literally out there publicly wishing for nazi generals.

            The republicans are the nazis, they literally wave swastikas at their events.

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              While I agree that Republicans are fascists, isn’t that kind of whataboutism? We aren’t talking about Republicans, we are talking about democrat policy that is more likely to be used on BLM or pro-palestine protestors than some Trump supporters.

              Ze protestors are destabilizing our glorious empire, ze must be dealt with harshly for ze peace and stability of ze greater reich! /s

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                They’re just doing the typical Blue MAGA policy of equating all criticism of Democrats as being pro-Republican, as if most people with these critiques aren’t leagues to the left of Democrats.

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                  Hey, whatever mental gymnastics you need to do to feel better about yourself there pal. I’m sure you’re out there making a huge difference in the world.