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The Drug War Must End Now
http://reason.com/blog/show/121692.html
------------------------------------------------- Last week, a federal judge excoriated the FBI for not only hiding exculpatory evidence that would have exonerated four innocent men who served more than thirty years in prison, but for rewarding those who did the hiding and covering up with bonuses and promotions. For this crime against American citizens, American taxpayers will now shell out more than $100 million. Thus far, none of the government agents actually responsible for this crime have been held accountable. Only rewarded. Well, we're just getting started. On July 19th, the House Judiciary Committee held hearings on the use and abuse of confidential drug informants. The testimony Assistant Director of the FBI Directorate of Intelligence Wayne M. Murphy gave at that hearing is truly astonishing. The transcript below was provided by the ACLU. It comes from the Q &A session after the witnesses provided their initial testimony. Murphy's being questioned by Rep. Dan Lundgren (R-Calif.) and Rep. William Delahunt (D-Mass.). The context: Lundgren and Delahunt have cited incidents in the past in which the FBI has covered up evidence that its confidential drug informants have committed violent crimes (including murder) in order to protect their identities, so that they could continue providing the bureau with information. They've cited other incidents, including the case above, in which the FBI has hidden exculpatory evidence, and allowed innocent people to go to prison. Lundgren and Delahunt want Murphy to assure them that the FBI has instituted policies to ensure that these sorts of incidents won't happen again--that murderers won't be protected and innocent people sent to prison in order to preserve drug investigations. Remarkably, Murphy refuses to make such assurances. We pick up the transcript just after Lundgren has asked his initial question, and Murphy has obfuscated. Lundgren follows up:
We get more of the same when Rep. Delahunt questions Murphy:
To his credit, Rep. Delahunt doesn't back down.
Delahunt and Lundgren say they plan to introduce legislation that will force the FBI to both divulge exculpatory evidence and turn over evidence that its informants have committed violent crimes. Good for them. Rather horrifying, though, that we'd need a law like that in the first place. ------------------------------------------------- How can we justify a national policy which is so difficult to enforce that the FBI deems it necessary to let innocent men go to prison and that their informants should commit murder, in order to continue drug investigations? How ya doing, buddy? |
I've always felt that the war on drugs should end because there won't be an end to that 'war'. If marijuana was legal we'd save billions of tax dollars while at the same time generating a huge revenue.
Never knew they were going to such lengths to stop such bullshit. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
Can't say I'm too surprised. Just one more reason to vote for Ron Paul.
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
Last edited by YO PITTSBURGH MIKE HERE; Aug 3, 2007 at 04:12 PM.
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