DEA Accessing Millions Of Travelers’ Records To Find Cash To Seize

 The DEA — along with several other law enforcement agencies — has shown, over the years, that civil asset forfeiture is the tail wagging the dog. It may have been put in place to separate criminals from their cash, but is now used mainly to pad agency budgets and increase discretionary spending.

This attitude is summed up by the former DEA supervisor quoted in Brad Heath’s (USA Today) investigation into the agency’s forfeiture activities.

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