John Ashcroft

[Declan McCullagh]

I agree with the below. But it is mistaken to treat civil asset
forfeiture as an issue marked by broad bipartisan condemnation.
Quite the opposite is true; hence, we still have it.

-Declan

On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 01:14:46PM -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote:
> 
> 1. Cops and Robbers:  Exposis Find Ashcroft Encouraged
>    Constitutional Violations in Missouri Asset Forfeiture Cases,
>    Police Agencies Kept Funds Intended for Schools
>    http://www.drcnet.org/wol/169.html#copsrobbers
> 
> An article by investigative journalist Dan Forbes, released
> yesterday evening by the Progressive Review
> (http://www.prorev.org), has confirmed something that drug war
> observers had strongly suspected:  John Ashcroft, as Missouri
> Governor, agreed to "look the other why" while state police