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Andrew Becker and G.W. Schulz, "Local police stockpile high-tech, combat-ready gear,"
America's War Within
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http://americaswarwithin.org/articles/2011/12/21/
local-police-stockpile-high-tech-combat-ready-gear.

106
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, "Small-Town Cops Pile Up on Useless Military Gear,"
Wired
(June 26, 2012),
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/06/cops-military-gear/
all/.

107
Paul C. Roberts, "The Empire Turns Its Guns on the Citizenry,"
Prison Planet
(Jan. 24, 2007),
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2007/240107_b_Empire.htm
.

108
Benjamin Carlson, "Battlefield Main Street,"
The Daily
(Dec. 5, 2011),
http://www.thedaily
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109
Benjamin Carlson, "Battlefield Main Street,"
The Daily
(Dec. 5,2011),
http://www.thedaily
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110
Andrew Becker and G.W. Schulz, "Local police stockpile high-tech, combat-ready gear,"
America's War Within
(Dec. 21,2011),
http://americaswarwithin.org/articles/2011/12/21/
local-police-stockpile-high-tech-combat-ready-gear.

111
Andrew Becker and G.W. Schulz, "Local police stockpile high-tech, combat-ready gear,"
America's War Within
(Dec. 21,2011),
http://americaswarwithin.org/articles/2011/12/21/
local-police-stockpile-high-tech-combat-ready-gear.

112
Andrew Becker and G.W. Schulz, "Local police stockpile high-tech, combat-ready gear,"
America's War Within
(Dec. 21,2011),
http://americaswarwithin.org/articles/2011/12/21/
local-police-stockpile-high-tech-combat-ready-gear.

113
Andrew Becker and G.W. Schulz, "Local police stockpile high-tech, combat-ready gear,"
America's War Within
(Dec. 21,2011),
http://americaswarwithin.org/articles/2011/12/21/
local-police-stockpile-high-tech-combat-ready-gear.

114
Benjamin Carlson, "Battlefield Main Street,"
The Daily
(Dec. 5,2011),
http://www.thedaily
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115
Benjamin Carlson, "Battlefield Main Street,"
The Daily
(Dec. 5,2011),
http://www.thedaily
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116
Benjamin Carlson, "Battlefield Main Street,"
The Daily
(Dec. 5,2011),
http://www.thedaily
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117
"Battlefield US: Pentagon arms police departments with free heavy weaponry,"
RT
(Dec. 7, 2011),
http://rt.com/usa/news/police-weaponry-military-pentagon-205/
.

118
Benjamin Carlson, "Battlefield Main Street,"
The Daily
(Dec. 5,2011),
http://www.thedaily
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119
"Drones cleared for domestic use across the US,"
RT
(Nov. 29, 2011),
http://rt.com/usa/
news/us-drones-border-patrol-489/.

120
"Drones cleared for domestic use across the US,"
RT
(Nov. 29, 2011),
http://rt.com/usa/
news/us-drones-border-patrol-489/.

121
Glenn Greenwald, "The growing menace of domestic drones,"
Salon
(Dec. 12,2011), http://
www.salon.com/2011/12/12/the_growing_menace_of_domestic_drones/singleton/
.

122
Glenn Greenwald, "The growing menace of domestic drones,"
Salon
(Dec. 12,2011), http://
www.salon.com/2011/12/12/the_growing_menace_of_domestic_drones/singleton/
.

123
"Federal Law Enforcement Statistics," Bureau of Justice Statistics,
http://www.ojp.usdoj
. gov/bjs/fedle.htm.

124
The Department of Education caused public confusion in 2010 when it purchased 27 riot shotguns as
cited in
Valerie Strauss, "Education Department Buying 27 Shotguns,"
The Washington Post
(March 11, 2010),
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/
education-secretary-duncan/ed-department-buying-27-shotgu.html. The Wright raid presumably indicates the intended use of those weapons.

125
Radley Balko, "Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America," Cato Institute (July 17,2006),
http://www.cato.org/pubs/wtpapers/balko_whitepaper_2006.pdf

126
"What is the Inspector General's (IG) mission?" Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency,
http://www.ignet.gov/igs/faql.html#mission
.

127
Federal Offices of Inspectors General (OIGs),
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_
General#United_States.

128
The official press release issued by the Office of Inspector General is available here: http:// www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oig/oigstatement.pdf

129
Matt Welch, "Dept. of Education SWAT Raid Update: Not for a Student Loan, DoE Says,"
Reason Hit and Run Blog
(June 8, 2011),
http://reason.com/blog/2011/06/08/dept-of-education-swat-team-up
.

130
Leigh Paynter, "DOE Raids Stockton Home as Part of Fraud Investigation,"
ABC News1O
(June 8, 2011),
http://www.newsl0.net/news/article/141207/2/DOE-raids-Stockton-home-as-part-of-fraud-investigation
.

131
Matt Welch, "Dept. of Education SWAT Raid Update: Not for a Student Loan, DoE Says,"
Reason Hit and Run Blog
(June 8, 2011),
http://reason.com/blog/2011/06/08/dept-of-education-swat-team-up
.

132
Leigh Paynter, "DOE Raids Stockton Home as Part of Fraud Investigation,"
ABC NewslO
(June 8,2011),
http://www.newsl0.net/news/article/141207/2/DOE-raids-Stockton-home-as-part-of-fraud-investigation
.

133
Eloise Lee and Robert Johnson, "The Department of Homeland Security Is Buying 450 Million New Bullets,"
Business Insider
(March 28, 2012),
http://www.businessinsider
. com/us-immigration-agents-are-loading-up-on-as-many-as-450-million-new-rounds-of-ammo-2012-3.

134
Paul Joseph Watson, "DHS To Purchase Another 750 Million Rounds Of Ammo,"
Prison Planet
(Aug. 13, 2012),
http://www.prisonplanet.com/dhs-to-purchase-another-750-million-rounds-of-ammo.html
.

135
"Request for Quote for Ammunition,"
Federal Business Opportunities,
https://www.fbo
. gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=6c39a2a9f00al0187al432388a3301e5&tab=c ore&_cview=0&fb_source=message.

136
Paul Joseph Watson, "Social Security Administration To Purchase 174 Thousand Rounds Of Hollow Point Bullets,"
Infowars
(Aug. 15, 2012),
http://www.infowars.com/social-security-administration-to-purchase-174-thousand-rounds-of-hollow-point-bullets/
.

137
Millard K. Ives, "Training excercise startles locals,"
The Daily Commercial
(Jan. 4, 2012),
http://www.dailycommercial.com/News/LakeCounty/010412shield
.

138
"13--Ammunition and Shooting Targets,"
Federal Business Opportunities,
https://www.fbo
. gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=bfd95987alad9a6dfb22bca4al915 Ocb&_cview=0.

139
Paul Joseph Watson, "National Weather Service Follows DHS In Huge Ammo Purchase,"
Infowars
(Aug. 14,2012),
http://www.infowars.com/national-weather-service-follows-dhs-in-huge-ammo-purchase/
.

140
Jason Samenow, "National Weather Service 'ammunition' solicitation triggers
confusion,"
The Washington Post
(Aug. 14, 2012),
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/
capital-weather-gang/post/national-weather-service-ammunition-solicitation-triggers-
confusion/2012/08/14/3dc6b67e-e62a-llel-936a-b801flababl9_blog.html.

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141
John Vining, "'A Terrible Mistake': SWAT Teams in the US,"
The Epoch Journal
(June 1, 2009),
http://epochjournal.org/2009/06/01/the-story-of-swat-teams-in-the-us/
.

142
Peter Kraska and Victor Kappeler, "Militarizing American Police: The Rise and Normalization of Paramilitary Units,"
Social Problems
, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Feb. 1997), available on JSTOR,
http://www.jstor.org/pss/3096870
.

143
Peter Kraska and Victor Kappeler, "Militarizing American Police: The Rise and Normalization of Paramilitary Units,"
Social Problems
, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Feb. 1997), available on JSTOR,
http://www.jstor.org/pss/3096870
.

144
Radley Balko, "Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America," Cato Institute (July 17,2006),
http://www.cato.org/pubs/wtpapers/balko_whitepaper_2006.pdf
.

145
Radley Balko, "Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America," Cato Institute (July 17,2006),
http://www.cato.org/pubs/wtpapers/balko_whitepaper_2006.pdf
.

146
Radley Balko, "Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America," Cato Institute (July 17,2006),
http://www.cato.org/pubs/wtpapers/balko_whitepaper_2006.pdf
.

147
Radley Balko, "4.5 SWAT Raids Per Day,"
Reason Magazine
(March 1, 2010),
http://reason.com/archives/2010/03/01/45-swat-raids-per-day.

148
Radley Balko, "4.5 SWAT Raids Per Day,"
Reason Magazine
(March 1, 2010),
http://reason.com/archives/2010/03/01/45-swat-raids-per-day.

149
Radley Balko, "4.5 SWAT Raids Per Day,"
Reason Magazine
(March 1, 2010),
http://reason. com/archives/2010/03/01/45-swat-raids-per-day.

150
Peter Kraska and Victor Kappeler, "Militarizing American Police: The Rise and Normalization of Paramilitary Units,"
Social Problems
, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Feb. 1997), p. 3, available on JSTOR,
http://www.jstor.org/pss/3096870
.

151
Diane Cecilia Webster, "Warrior Cops: The Ominous Growth of Paramilitarism in American Police Departments," Cato Institute (Aug. 26,1999),
http://www.cato.org/pubs/briefs/bp50
.

152
Peter Kraska and Victor Kappeler, "Militarizing American Police: The Rise and Normalization of Paramilitary Units,"
Social Problems
, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Feb. 1997), available on JSTOR,
http://www.jstor.org/pss/3096870
.

153
Diane Cecilia Webster, "Warrior Cops: The Ominous Growth of Paramilitarism in American Police Departments," Cato Institute (Aug. 26,1999),
http://www.cato.org/pubs/briefs/bp50
. pdf.

154
Radley Balko, "Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America," Cato Institute (July 17,2006),
http://www.cato.org/pubs/wtpapers/balko_whitepaper_2006.pdf
.

155
Radley Balko, "More Militarized than the Military,"
Reason Hit and Run Blog
(May 14, 2010),
http://reason.com/blog/2010/05/14/more-militarized-than-the-mili
.

156
Radley Balko, "Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America," Cato Institute (July 17,2006),
http://www.cato.org/pubs/wtpapers/balko_whitepaper_2006.pdf
.

157
Meghann Cuniff, "State Patrol Officer Shoots Pregnant Woman During Spokane Drug Raid,"
The News Tribune
(Sept. 25,2010),
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/25/1356027/
state-patrol-officer-shoots-pregnant.html.