IP: more on READ -- "Your Paper Please" say Ashcroft and Ellison, coming soon: Your Assets please?

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:00:03 -0700
> From: Faisal Jawdat <faisal@faisal.com>
> To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
>
>
>         A clarification on one point made:
>
> > > Do you want your house seized because the Federal Internal Surveillance 
> > > net found that your teenager is selling pot out of the basement.
>
>         Historically, they haven't even needed this much.  Racial
>         profiling has, in general, been sufficient, and the concept
>         of "innocent until proven guilty" is thrown out the window.
>         For example, a black man carrying cash in an airport was
>         considered sufficient to seize assets, assets which were
>         then given to law enforcement.  Think "fundraiser".
>
>         Ten years ago, the Pittsburgh Press did a ten month
>         investigation into asset forfeiture, its application,
>         the people involved, and the outcomes.  It's long,
>         frightening, and worth reading:
>
>         http://256.com/gray/presume/
>
>         -faisal


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