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This individual cited US Code 10 2672. What authority does that give Acting SecDef Chris Miller? What Law Enforcement and Investigative power does that permit? How does DHS designation of electoral process as Critical Infrastructure relate? Who protects that infrastructure?
US Code 10 2672
https://codes.findlaw.com/us/title-10-armed-forces/10-usc-sect-2672.html
SecDef responsibility and authority to DOD employee enforcers.
DoD Directive 5525.21
SecDef authority to protect the electoral process.
https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodd/552521p.pdf?ver=2018-07-09-090616-050
5525.21 Applicability Highlights
Directive does not restrict or limit:
Non DoD Fed LE
Sec of Homeland Security
Chap 47 of Title 10 USC, UCMJ
SecDef or Secs of Mil Depts
NSA Dir
DoD Inspect General
Defense Criminal Investigative Org
Military Criminal Investigative Org
5525.21 Policy Highlights
DoD pursuant to Section 2672 will protect infrastructure
Authorized SecDef activities remain to central DoD control
SecDef grants law enforcement power to DoD personal
5525.21 updates title of Under Secretary of Defense Intelligence to Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security USD(I&S).
Ezra Cohen Watnick is the Acting USD(I&S)
https://www.defense.gov/Our-Story/Biographies/Biography/Article/2297081/ezra-cohen-watnick/
5525.21 Responsibilities
USD (I&S) “...oversees the activities of the DoD components with regard to Section 2672(USC Title 10)...”
Developes & coordinates guidelines with US Attorney Gen William Barr for exercise of powers Section 2672(c)
USC Title 10 Section 2672(c) again
Ezra Cohen coordinates with Atty Gen Barr how DoD personal implement Section 2672(c) to protect critical infrastructure. Ezra also consults with Dept of Homeland Security and the GSA on Sec 2672 authorized activities to protect property.
GSA US General Services Administration
Handles all Civilian and some Military assets as well as Information Technology Systems.
USD for Intel and Security is coordinating with GSA on protecting GSA assets. Does that include Intel gathering using GSA surveillance systems?
GSA
“owns and leases over 376.9 million square feet of space in 9,600 buildings in more than 2,200 communities nationwide.”
“GSA properties include courthouses, data processing centers, laboratories, land ports of entry, and post offices.”
https://www.usgovernmentmanual.gov/Agency.aspx?EntityId=zuauD0QNPBY=&ParentEId=+klubNxgV0o=&EType=jY3M4CTKVHY=
GSA
Chief Information Officer
David A. Shive
“Shive began...at Lockheed Martin Corporation...overseeing...IT organizations...state and local, federal and int’l gov customers
“Shive is a member of the National Law Enforcement Telecom Sys Alum Assoc”
https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/organization/leadership-directory/chief-information-officer
Ezra Cohen (Watnick)
Oct 2, 2020 “spoke today at a virtual symposium sponsored by the National Defense Industrial Association, "2020 Virtual SO/LIC."“ https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/2364137/great-power-competition-can-involve-conflict-below-threshold-of-war/
Ezra Cohen speaking on IW-Irregular Warfare.
“DOD cannot afford to discard IW knowledge developed as a result of 19 years of irregular conflict in Iraq and Afghan”
“...Special Op Command has...served...as test bed for innovation...evaluate new technologies in...warfare
Ezra cont’d
“We must be aggressive in evaluating new technologies and techniques on the front lines before conflict forces us to field untested tactics, techniques and procedures."
Ezra cont’d
“artificial intel & machine learning are important capability areas to hone as requirements continue to evolve...To ensure an AI-ready workforce, U.S. Socom has enrolled a number of personnel in this year's AI program at DOD's Joint Artificial Intel Center“
Ezra cont’d
(was he working with GSA David A Shive?)
“This year, the department streamlined its procurement processes and brought better business practices into the acquisition process, Cohen noted. "This benefits our partnerships with industry."
Ezra cont’d
(Ezra, future USD(I&S)
)"Our adversaries have weaponized disinformation and propaganda to their advantage. They poison public discourse, undermine democratic processes, turn citizens against each other, and deflect blame for their malign activities,"
Ezra cont’d
“Adversaries embrace the anonymity of social media platforms and the viral nature of information flow as they employ information statecraft as an integral element of their approach to competition, he continued.“
Relevant PDF:
https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/SSQ/documents/Volume-11_Issue-4/Prier.pdf
Ezra cont’d
“State and non-state actors alike can create non-lethal military effects through the manipulation of the information space...To compete in the information environment, the US must accept that influence is an integral aspect of modern warfare“
Ezra cont’d
(Ezra is now coordinating with Atty Gen, GSA, DHS on Sec 2672. Vote fraud evidence.?)
“...irregular warfare is inherently an interagency affair, and the department(DoD) must foster its interagency partnerships, including with non-governmental organizations.“
FM 3-19.50 Dept of the Army Police Intelligence Operations
*Note the exceptions allowed by Secretary of Defense or his designee e.g. Ezra Cohen Acting USD(I&S)
What does DoD Directive 5525.21 allow?
https://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=473305
FM 3-19.50 Army PIO overview and Task Table
FM 3-19.50 POLICE acronym, how PIO investigators conduct intel assessments.
P-Police & Prison structures that exist
O-Organized Crime & their purpose
L-Legal sys composition
I-Investigations necessary?
C-Crime Conducive Conditions
E-Enforcement Mechanisms
FM 3-19.50 P in POLICE elucidation
FM 3-19.50 OLI in POLICE elucidation
FM 3-19.50 CE in POLICE elucidation
FM 3-19.50 AR 190-45 CRIMINT- Criminal Intel
“CRIMINT...exchanged...DOD law enforce agencies; mil police; USACIDC; and local, state, federal, and intl law“
“Local police intelligence files may be exempt from certain disclosure requirements by AR 25-55 and...(FOIA).“
FM 3-19.50 AR 195-2
“... requires close coordination between DOD law enforcement agencies; military police; USACIDC; and local, state, federal, and international law enforcement agencies and that police information, and CRIMINT be actively exchanged between them.“
FM 3-19.50 AR 381-10 ARMY Law Enforcement ALE
Investigating...clandestine intelligence...by foreign powers
Protecting DOD employees, information, property, and facilities.
Preventing, detecting, or investigating other violations of law.
FM 3-19.50 AR 525-13 USACIDC US Army Criminal Investigations Command
Many parameters listed. Worth reading for CIDC functions. Methods for USD(I&C) Attorney Gen interaction.
“Provide liaison to the Joint Task Force-Computer Net Defense for LE and criminal matters“
FM 3-19.50 US Patriot Act Impact for ALE investigators
“investigative or LEOs are allowed to disclose foreign intel info without a COURT ORDER to any other Fed LE, intel, protective, immigration, nat defense, or nat security official to assist in official duties.“
FM 3-19.50 US Patriot Act impact
“Subpoenas can now obtain the means and source of payment, credit card or bank account numbers, records of session times and durations, and any temporarily assigned network address.“
EO 13849 tie in?
https://twitter.com/AgainListening/status/1332453005472489473?s=20
