Comments on: Army Manual Describes Doctrine on Riot Control Agents http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/01/army_manual_describes_doctrine.html Secrecy News from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Thu, 24 May 2012 10:04:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: George Smith http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/01/army_manual_describes_doctrine.html/comment-page-1#comment-937 George Smith Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:38:44 +0000 http://fasweb.beacontec.com/blog/secrecy/2008/01/army_manual_describes_doctrine.html#comment-937 There is one other notable exception to asking the president for permission to use tear gas on a foreign population. The US Border Patrol, practically speaking -- it would appear, is allowed to fire tear gas rounds into Mexico. It does so regularly south of San Diego, lobbing them into slums/neighborhoods in Tijuana. There have been protests in the news but...well, you know. There is one other notable exception to asking the president for permission to use tear gas on a foreign population.

The US Border Patrol, practically speaking — it would appear, is allowed to fire tear gas rounds into Mexico. It does so regularly south of San Diego, lobbing them into slums/neighborhoods in Tijuana.

There have been protests in the news but…well, you know.

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