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Re: 6 degrees of separation..
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 1 Nov 2001 15:46:34 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Brown writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ross Crawford writes:
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> > > One wonders why the State Department seems so dead against such
> > > compensation?
> > > Anyone know?
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> > Rampant cynical speculation would prompt me to guess that the frozen assets
> > in question are currently under the jurisdiction of the State Department,
> > and they've already spent the money on something else.
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> You mean like how Police Departments LOVE civil forfeiture because it gives
> them Corvettes and powerboats and big piles of cash to play with without
> having to budget for them (1)?
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> Like that?
Yup, much like that indeed.
> Nothing speculative about it.
There is speculation, in that I didn't actually go check and see if the
frozen funds are in the State Department sandbox. So I might be ascribing
selfish motives where mere beaurocratic inertia is sufficient. I'm not sure
which is worse, but they're both pretty bad (not that my country does things
better).
thanks,
James
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| (...) You mean like how Police Departments LOVE civil forfeiture because it gives them Corvettes and powerboats and big piles of cash to play with without having to budget for them (1)? Like that? Nothing speculative about it. 1 - or justify how (...) (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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