Is the U.S./Canada Civil Assistance Plan Constitutional? Is it even legal?

"U.S. Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, and Canadian Air Force Lt.-Gen. Marc Dumais, commander of Canada Command, have signed a Civil Assistance Plan that allows the military from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation during a civil emergency."

Article II, Sec. 2 of the U.S. Constitution assigns the authority to make international treaties to the President of the United States, with consent from 2/3 of the Senate.

This agreement was signed between two Generals who are supbordinate to to commanders and their national leaders. The agreement was signed on Feb 14 of this year. It binds the military and civilian federal agencies to aid to the other country in the event of national emergencies.

The Commander of a U.S. Military Command has no authority to bind any federal department to anything.

Is Gen. Dumais working with clandestine authority from Prs. Bush? Will this "treaty" be brought before the U.S. Senate?

If not, they are illegal and unconstitutional.

If so, what does Candian troops on U.S. soil mean when it comes to Posse comitatus laws. Federal Troops can't be used for law enforcement within our borders, but that doesn't include Candadian forces.

This "treaty" raises a lot of questions... Questions that demand answers.





http://www.northcom.mil/News/2008/021408.html