Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

September 17, 2010

The Department of Homeland Security, working through Idaho State University and a quasi-private entity called the Government Training Institute, recently completed the first national training course intended to develop "type III" SWAT teams.

The Idaho Statesman reports that the 16-day training program in Boise was attended by SWAT trainees from across the country to be trained in military tactics by Special Forces operators.

This course is paid for through Homeland Security grants to local and state police departments, and it is mandatory for any SWAT team or individual operator who seeks additional federal subsidies.

Course materials produced by the Homeland Security Department emphasize that SWAT team preparedness is a critical part of the so-called ?war on terror.?

Most SWAT teams spend their time doing routine police work and serving narcotics warrants, rather than beating back Mohammedan hordes. A much more acute threat to life and liberty is being created by the Homeland Security Department?s militarization of law enforcement and subversion of local control over the police.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.