The Defense Department is seeking expanded authority to protect select military and civilian personnel deemed "high-risk" targets for possible terrorist attacks, both in the United States and abroad, by employing security guards empowered to conduct arrests. The Pentagon is proposing this new authority as part of a fifth package of legislative changes provided to lawmakers last month, detailing modifications to the law the military would like made as part of the fiscal year 2007 defense spending bill. William Haynes, DOD's...
