According to the FEMA document, the Feds do have the authority to step in with out permission. If the mayor and governor were not capable (which seems obvious) then it is the Feds responsibility to step in.

Seems to me the Feds can act very quickly when they want to. The shut the skies down on 9/11 in 5 hours. Troops were moving in the day of the attack. Seems to me that if our military does not have the capability to have troops on the ground in any city in the lower 48 in 24 hours we have a serious issue.

The 1st 24 hours Feds can get a pass (maybe), the fact that it took an additional 72 hours before the Feds laid a foot in LA is inexcusable.

There is no maybe about it. After the 1st 24 hours where is was obvious that nothing was being done on the local level the Feds have the right (see the FEMA document) and as far as I am concerned the obligation to move in and do what needs doing.

I do not have access to the NRP here at work but from what I recall, the document seems to imply that the Feds do indeed have the authority to deal with looters.

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