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MichaelCorleone wrote: "Wouldn't it be better to activate the NG first, and tell about it when they're already in position? By now Holder knows about it and has already given the ‘heads up’ to his buddies in the Mexican cartels. Just seems unnecessary to give advance notice."

While I understand your point, it's my understanding that calling up the National Guard is traditionally and perhaps legally given as a public notice.

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Kind of hard to keep something like this action secret. Requires too much coordination, too many people and resources involved and Perry can’t commit to spending this much tax payer money without involvement of others.