4 ms·
> the war on drugs, civil asset forfeiture, the DEA intelligence program from today, the no-fly list They're all related. They're all policies and actions of o
by ferdo 13y ago
> the war on drugs, civil asset forfeiture, the DEA intelligence program from today, the no-fly list
They're all related. They're all policies and actions of overly zealous bureaucrats with too much power and little to no accountability.
- tptacek 13y agoThey're not related. For instance, the problem with civil asset forfeiture is financial incentives; the problem with the war on drugs was a single major public policy error, &c.
- ferdo 13y agoThey're related in their origin. If 4 different terror operations were coming from Al Qaeda affiliated cells, we'd say they were all Al Qaeda related. If 4 different drug dealers were busted that were all being supplied by one source, we'd call it a drug ring. All of the operations mentioned - the war on drugs, civil asset forfeiture, the DEA intelligence program from today, the TSA - are a ring of government operatives that are terrorizing, robbing and imprisoning Americans.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoAsset forfeiture can make it impossible to hire a competent defense atty, investigators, experts, etc.