Pubdate: Sun, 29 Sep 2002
Source: Denver Post (CO)
Copyright: 2002 The Denver Post Corp
Contact:  http://www.denverpost.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/122
Author: Jack J. Woehr

STRICKLAND AND DRUG WAR

Re: "Strickland fights corporate image; After '96 loss in Senate race, 
lawyer hopes voters see regular guy in rematch," Sept. 22 news story.

An alternative appraisal might be to see Strickland as a regular drug- war 
prosecutor, a role he cheerfully and energetically assumed during the 
Clinton administration. Voters supporting drug-policy reform will support 
Sen. Allard or another candidate of their choice, but not Tom Strickland, 
in whose interest it will always be that the horrendous human-rights crimes 
of the drug warriors, in particular the federal prosecutors, remain 
shrouded from the public eye.

JACK J. WOEHR, Golden
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