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09-09-2014, 10:25 AM
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Unbelievable. The linked original WP article. Seems like a bad B movie.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/inv...-targets-cash/
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09-09-2014, 10:49 AM
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Quote:
 All in the name of the War on Drugs. Aside from military conflicts, our record in "Wars on __________" is abjectly dismal.
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09-13-2014, 07:54 AM
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09-13-2014, 10:18 AM
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The New Yorker article from 2012 on civil forfeiture is also good reading
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/08/12/taken I know people freak about the power of federal gov't but compared to state and local city corruption, it seems like there's just no contest.
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