
NCIS Investigation of Civilian Computer Crimes Violated Posse Comitatus Act
Although Naval Criminal Investigative Service Special Agents are civilians, they work for the military and further military goals. Thus, they are prohibited from enforcing purely civilian laws under the Posse Comitatus Act, according to an en banc panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and should not have investigated a civilian for downloading child pornography.
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