MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/opinion/02wed1.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Not Winning the War on Drugs

“John Walters, the White House drug czar, declared earlier this year that ‘courageous and effective’ counternarcotics efforts in Colombia and Mexico ‘are disrupting the production and flow of cocaine.’ This enthusiasm rests on a very selective reading of the data. Another look suggests that despite the billions of dollars the United States has spent battling the cartels, it has hardly made a dent in the cocaine trade.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/opinion/02wed3.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Of Whales and National Security

“The federal courts have played a valuable role in deflating exaggerated claims of national security. Let us hope that the Supreme Court backs them up.”