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General ordered the nation's U.S.
*   attorneys to "take all possible actions" on forfeitures, even if it meant
*   dropping other matters. "You will be expected to 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 with kidnapping
*   and be