I doubt if there's a Republican or Democrat today, Mayor or Governor that wouldn't contest the unilateral incursion of Federal agents without coordination with state and local law enforcement officials.
Tom Ridge expresses concern about the unilateral deployment of federal agents without coordination with local authorities.
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There is obviously a consensus within the intelligence community both in the United States and elsewhere that it's a serious threat. My sense is that this is probably a new kind of threat.
While he may think he has the authority and legally, he might. He will not get and achieve the outcomes that I believe he wants and the President wants and the mayor wants, if you act unilaterally.
We need to be preemptive in anticipation that one or the other or both might occur, and we are not prepared for that pathogen in our midst.
Ultimately, at the end of the day, in this monstrous organization called the Federal Government, the political appointees take their direction from the chain of command, and we all know where that begins and ends.
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