Word: raab
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recommendations came from U.S. Customs Commissioner William von Raab, architect of the Administration's controversial zero-tolerance program, which briefly made headlines with the seizure of huge yachts found to be carrying minute amounts of drugs. Some suggestions are mild -- withholding some federal aid from states that fail to adopt strict antidrug policies. Others are radical -- flooding the market with "benign pseudo drugs" to confuse users. Says Von Raab: "The American people are going to have to suffer some inconvenience in order to win this...
...require the owner to be convicted of any crime. Police and federal agents in New York City and Los Angeles have been using that method to impound the cars of drive-in drug buyers whose purchases would bring merely a misdemeanor charge in court. U.S. Customs Commissioner William von Raab, who proposed zero tolerance to the White House drug-policy board after a successful pilot program in San Diego, says its purpose is likewise to put pressure on drug users who ordinarily are not reached by criminal penalties. "We have legalization of drugs now," says Von Raab, "because people aren...
...some kind of penalty. The goal is to cut down on the flow of drugs into the country by curtailing domestic consumption. "If people know they will be arrested for bringing a gram of coke into this country, they will think twice," says U.S. Customs Commissioner William von Raab...
...Customs Commissioner William von Raab begs to differ. "Occasionally they swing some poor slob out to make us feel they're cooperating," he says. "But it's nobody close to Noriega." Von Raab condemns the view that a pact with the devil is better than no pact at all: "At some point you become owned by the devil...
...debate over what to do about Noriega has at times pitted U.S. officials against one another. Last October the State Department asked Von Raab to meet with some visiting Panamanian officials and present them with gift-wrapped parcels. The Customs commissioner, who has long believed Panama to be a haven for drug dealers, was unaware that the packages contained plaques expressing Washington's appreciation for Panamanian assistance in cracking down on narcotics traffic. Fumed Von Raab: "I was snookered." Von Raab is skeptical about talk of Panamanian cooperation with U.S. law enforcement. "Just because they throw a few crumbs...