The plan includes federal homeland security agents helping local authorities and maybe even military assistance from the Department of Defense, possibly including aircraft, armored vehicles and special teams to go to areas overwhelmed with violence, authorities said.
I think the drug war will heat up as crime increase during a economic downturn. It just another reason to end the war on drugs as soon as possible. Otherwise I fear we are going to escalate to very scary levels.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/us/08chertoff.html?ref=world
The times story is more detailed
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