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divert personnel from
* other activities."
*
* One year later, the Attorney General himself warned the U.S. attorneys
* that the Justice Department had fallen far behind its budget
projection
* in the collection of assets. "We must significantly increase
production
* to reach our budget target... Failure to achieve the $470 million
* projection would expose the Department's forfeiture program to
criticism
* and undermine confidence in our budget projections. Every effort must
be
* made to increase forfeiture income during the remaining three months
of
* fiscal year 1990."
*
* In addition, forfeiture activities affect how many federal prosecutors
* will be allocated to each U.S. Attorney by the Justice Department.
[snip]
*
* Says Senator Henry J. Hyde: "The more they seize, the more they get
for
* their own 'official use'. Federal and state officials now have the
power
* to seize your business, home, bank account, records and personal
property,
* all without indictment, hearing, or trial. Everything you have can be
* taken away at the whim of one or two federal or state officials
operating
* in secret."
*
* The so-called War on Drugs, the Congressman continued, "has been
* perverted too often into a series of frontal attacks on basic
* American constitutional guarantees --- including due process,
* the presumption of innocence, and the right to own and enjoy
* private property."
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* 2 Customs Agents are Facing Charges in Kidnapping Case
* by David Kocieniewski, The New York Times, 1996
*
* Two United States Customs inspectors have been charged w
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