In order to pursue the War on Drugs, the Clinton administration continued to erode existing Posse Comitatus restrictions. The “war model” or “military model” of crime control led not only to an increased militarization of civilian police, now greatly assisted by the military and operating with a “war mentality,” but also further use of the military in civilian law enforcement, intelligence and counter-intelligence operations. Justifications in the name of the drug war were somewhat nullified in the minds of some however, because of previous and more recent revelations of the CIA’s and
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