The Economist had a good article on this subject last year: http://econ.st/g9QNJm
"Total federal seizures have exploded from $400m in 2001 to $1.3 billion in 2008. State data are patchier, but the trend appears to be sharply upward." I, too, find it odd that Selby would praise this corruption rather than criticize it. ----- Original Message ---- From: "Dobbins, Roland" <[email protected]> To: dailydave <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, April 8, 2011 11:24:08 PM Subject: Re: [Dailydave] Standing up an intel op with seized funds On Apr 6, 2011, at 8:19 PM, Nick Selby wrote: > I just posted an article/podcast with Pat Ryder, who stood up and runs the >asset forfeiture and intelligence division of the Nassau County (NY) police >department. > Doing anything with seized funds other than handing them over to the general treasury completely subverts the key principle of subsidiarity, violates the due process rights of suspects, and encourages law enforcement to 'find' offenses/violations in order to fund whatever they decide they want to do/buy, any given week. It completely subverts the legislative and judicial processes and is an inducement to corruption. This is a perfect example of iatrogenic 'security' - i.e., how some particular action at one level appears to be a win, but at the macro level, actually has negative, extremely undesirable effects on the system as a whole. Only in this case, the 'system as a whole' = Nassau County. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Roland Dobbins <[email protected]> // <http://www.arbornetworks.com> The basis of optimism is sheer terror. -- Oscar Wilde _______________________________________________ Dailydave mailing list [email protected] https://lists.immunityinc.com/mailman/listinfo/dailydave _______________________________________________ Dailydave mailing list [email protected] https://lists.immunityinc.com/mailman/listinfo/dailydave
