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Post by avordvet on Feb 26, 2015 18:31:41 GMT -5
Quiet Change Expands ATF Power to Seize PropertyBy Adam Bates, February 25, 2015 3:59PM A quick glance at the Federal Register (Vol. 80, No. 37, p. 9987-88) today reveals that Attorney General Eric Holder, who earned cautious praise last month for a small reform to the federal equitable sharing program, has now delegated authority to the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to seize and “administratively forfeit” property involved in suspected drug offenses. Holder temporarily delegated this authority to the ATF on a trial basis in 2013, and today made the delegation permanent while lauding the ATF for seizing more than $19.3 million from Americans during the trial period. www.cato.org/blog/quiet-change-expands-atf-power-seize-property
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