[CPEO-IRF] BRAC Memo on Air National Guard

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Base closing authority questioned
Relocation of Otis could be ruled illegal

By Bryan Bender
Boston Globe
July 15, 2005

WASHINGTON -- A top lawyer for the base closure commission is
questioning whether the Pentagon has the legal authority to close Air
National Guard bases around the country, including Otis Air Guard Base
on Cape Cod, concluding that shuttering or relocating certain units
''presents a significant policy concern or outright legal bar."

At issue is a series of recommendations made by the Pentagon in May that
would result in the largest reorganization in the history of the Air
National Guard, the flying units that during peacetime are under the
command of state governors.

The internal memo from Dan Cowhig, deputy general counsel for the Base
Realignment and Closure Commission, indicates that the independent panel
reviewing the Pentagon's list of proposed closures may have no choice
but to overturn Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld's recommendation
to close Otis.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/07/15/base_closing_authority_questioned/

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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