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→Iran-Contra vs the War on Drugs
In the interests of [[national security]], a president would have the legal authority, by ''executuve fiat'', to bypass laws on the books in an effort to fight organized crime and take the profit out of illegal narcotic smuggling and distribution. Later "seizure laws" were added under Pres. George H.W. Bush to take down domestic distribution kingpins ''after'' they made their sales and converted their drug wealth into cash or other property.
In the interests of [[national security]], a president would have the legal authority, by ''executuve fiat'', to bypass laws on the books in an effort to fight organized crime and take the profit out of illegal narcotic smuggling and distribution. Later "seizure laws" were added under Pres. George H.W. Bush to take down domestic distribution kingpins ''after'' they made their sales and converted their drug wealth into cash or other property.
The theory is twofold: (1) Having lost the war on drugs and failed at interdiction, the government itself sought to excercise control of importation, distribution, and profits; (2) a nations intelligence agency needs an off-the-books revenue source that enemies cannot calculate as easily as reading the budget of the United States Government which is readily available to anyone under our blue sky laws.
The theory is twofold: (1) Having lost the war on drugs and failed at interdiction, the government itself sought to exercise control of importation, distribution, and profits; (2) a nations intelligence agency needs an off-the-books revenue source that enemies cannot calculate as easily as reading the budget of the United States Government which is readily available to anyone under our blue sky laws.
==See also==
==See also==