U.S. Anti-Drug Plan Would Recast Legal System in Mexico

The Bush administration's proposed counternarcotics aid package for Mexico would set in motion a vast reengineering of the country's justice system, revamping the legal education process, creating a network of court clerks and helping to write new laws, according to two summaries obtained by The Washington Post.

The $500 million plan would also fund anti-drug and human rights campaigns and new citizen complaint centers. It would provide money for efforts to develop "centers of moral authority" and for media campaigns to create "a culture of lawfulness."

Under the plan, which has drawn criticism from some on Capitol Hill, officials from the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Federal Bureau of Prisons would conduct training sessions and military officers would provide instruction related to aircraft.

Manuel Roig-Franzia

NAU? What NAU?

This is so blatantly unconstitutional, it is an abuse of power worthy of old Slick Willy himself.

And Andy wonders why I despise Jorge Bush. No, check that, I loathe the oath-breaking, treasonous moron.