Notes

Quotes about the Inquisition and the Albigensian Crusade are from: The Story of Religious Controversy,
Chapter XXIII, by Joseph McCabe (1867-1955). www.infidels.org/library/historical/joseph_mccabe/reglious_controversy/chapter_23.

www.house.gov/judiciary/docs105.

Interview with author for this story.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services figures.

Most numbers were provided by Bob Newland, chairman of the Mt. Rushmore State Chapter of NORML;
they are from various sources, but are in general agreement with those of the National Institute on Drug
Abuse and the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Stories of Drug War prisoners, unless other sources are specified, are from “The Wall,” maintained by
the November Coalition, www.november.org.

“Where Does the Slippery Slope of Militarization Lead?” www.mapinc.org/DPFT/hernandez/slippery_slope

Interview with author for this story.

Ventura County District Attorney's report on the Scott case, found at www.illusions.com/opf/Scott;
also a variety of news sources.

Amnesty International report on the increasing use of electronic stun weapons: www.amnestyusa.org/rightsforall/stun/summary

Cato Policy Analysis No. 179; September 29, 1992, American Forfeiture Law: Property Owners Meet
The Prosecutor, by Terrance G. Reed, found at www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-179es.

“U.S. Supreme Court to Review $405K” by Jeffrey Steinborn, found at www.fear.org/405k32.

For the complete story on civil forfeiture, see www.fear.org.

“No One Wins When the Government Can Freely Loot Private Property,” by Leon Felkins; www.curleyworlf.net/F_Leon_NoOneWins. 1. The Bureau of Justice Statistics he cites can be found at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/coctv.txt.

Sacramento Bee, April 9, 1999.

www.pubdef.state.mn.us/homepages/statepd/war_on_drugs_2.

Information on the survey can be found at www.ccnet.com/~suntzu75/q-46.

“The Militarization of the Police,” by Frank Morales; Covert Action Quarterly, Spring-Summer 1999.

www.drcnet.org/military/.

www.pubdef.state.mn.us/homepages/statepd/war_on_drugs_1.

www.drcnet.org/wol/113/html#drugarrests

“New Military Unit for Domestic Deployment;”
www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_dougherty/19991013_xnjdo_new_militia.

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