Newsclipping summary:

Summary of January 20 AP Wire story:
"Christopher Unveils Proposal to Combat Terrorism, Narcotics"
By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer
posted to FEAR-List 1-21-95
 

The AP reports that Warren Christopher announced a new get tough on crime plan that boldly defies the Constitution. Here are excerpts from the article:

"Secretary of State Warren Christopher unveiled a broad plan Friday to deter terrorists and narcotics smugglers from operating in the United States. New legislation authorizing wiretaps may be one of the tools.

"Suspected criminals will find it harder to get visas or to remain in the United States if they pierce entry rules with illegal passport schemes. Foreigners suspected of crimes could be barred even without convictions, said a senior State Department official in elaborating on Christopher's speech to the Kennedy school at Harvard University."

The article points out that the Supreme Court has previously found many of these new "innovations" -- such as the new wiretap rules -- to be unconstitutional.

"But Christopher, a lawyer who held a high Justice Department post in the Johnson administration 30 years ago, stressed a need for new measures to combat threats posed by international terrorists and drug traffickers."

The features of the new plan include "working with other governments on money laundering and seizing assets `to attack international criminals in a vulnerable place -- their pocketbooks.'"