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On 11/1/2003 at 4:58 PM Gary wrote:

Leon,

Exactly this type of descriptive language should be used when discussing 
asset forfeiture in the U.S. - "serious questions about the rule of law", 
"concerns among domestic and international investors about respect for 
ownership rights", "politically motivated".

U.S. governmental agencies practicing asset forfeiture ought to be 
described as acting like the "ruling juntas in third-world countries, 
ripping off investors and property owners to line their own pockets and 
finance tyrannical administration".

Let's hear some public talk about forfeiture in the U.S. using the language

the U.S. uses when it talks about forfeiture happening elsewhere.

Gary

??US Department of State spokesman Richard Boucher said Friday that
freezing
the shares aroused fluctuation in Russia's financial markets and raised
serious questions about the rule of law in the country.

??"We've noted that it sparked concerns among domestic and international
investors about respect for ownership rights in Russia," said Boucher,
calling the Russian authorities to dispel concerns that the Yukos case is
politically motivated.

??Boucher's allegation "is undoubtedly a follow-up to the notorious double
standard policy which is being widely used by the current US
administration," said Yakovenko.

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