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Congress to Restrict Use of Special Ops.
Congress is set to impose new restrictions on the use of Special Operations Forces that for the first time will require a presidential order before deploying commandos in routine but hidden activities....The new rules, if contained in the final version of the bill, would add a burden to the military’s deployment of Special Operations Forces by requiring the Pentagon to first obtain a presidential “finding,” or directive, similar to those required for covert-action intelligence operations.
... “We want to be able to deploy [special-operations commandos] in minutes and hours instead of days and weeks,” said the former special-operations officer. “And this will get us delays. It will make it hard to kill terrorists by turning over deployment decisions to the Senate.”
...Larry DiRita, the chief Pentagon spokesman, said he could not discuss any details of the classified Senate report.
“We’re confident that by the time Congress has finished acting on this, they won’t do anything that will make it more difficult to fight the war on terrorism,” Mr. DiRita said. “What we’re finding now is that fighting that war requires more flexibility in a number of areas, not more restrictions.”
This is an instance of legislation that would protect our enemies and jeopardize our safety.
