Author Archives: Pete Guither

They’re So Scared They Put 20 Tons on One Ship! by Jacob Sullum at Hit and Run Is a rising seizure total a sign of success or a sign that the volume crossing the border has increased? Is an increase … Continue reading →

Due to rampant/Rampart abuse by Los Angeles police in the past, a federal plea bargain required that officers in gang and narcotics divisions sign disclosure agreements documenting their finances, starting in 2001 (to ensure that they weren’t skimming). It’s just … Continue reading →

From the Council on Hemispheric Affairs comes a detailed discussion of Plan Mexico: Does the Merida Initiative Represent a New Direction for U.S.-Mexico Relations, or Does It Simply Refocus the Issue Elsewhere? by Laura Starr and Maria Delle Donne. The … Continue reading →

“bullet” You know they’re going to get coal in their stockings… Santa Claus shot at by drug dealers while flying south. “bullet” Ethan Brown: Big Easy offers only tough choices for America’s drug war in the Guardian “bullet” Jacob Sullum: … Continue reading →

Via Transform I’d recommend buying hemp products for your Christmas presents instead.

Another wrong-address raid, as a result of bad informant information, took place in Minneapolis earlier this week. With her six kids and husband tucked into bed, Yee Moua was watching TV in her living room just after midnight when she … Continue reading →

“bullet” Tom Angell has been looking over the big appropriations bill in Congress. Here’s what he’s found so far (of course, this could still change). Drug Czar’s “anti-drug” ad budget is being slashed down to $60 million next year (down … Continue reading →

noun: 1. Something that is exchangeable or substitutable. In an interesting article in yesterday’s Chicago Tribune about the fear-mongering over the retroactivity regarding the slight reduction in crack cocaine sentencing, this caught my attention: [Federal judge Ruben] Castillo, who helped … Continue reading →

‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What’s Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! … Continue reading →

Interesting article in tomorrow’s New York Times: Wider Spying Fuels Aid Plan for Telecom Industry by Eric Lightblau, James Risen and Scott Shane. We’ve long talked about the increase in government abuse of Constitutional rights and privacy in the name … Continue reading →