Hornberger’s Blog, May 2003 by Jacob G. Hornberger May 1, 2003 Saturday, May 31, 2003 The feds have finally secured the conviction of Fabio Ochoa, who was a leader of one of the world’s most famous drug cartels in the 1980s -- the Medellin cartel, which was based in Colombia. Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward Ryan, who prosecuted the case, announced: “We consider it a validation of this country’s efforts to crack ...
Hornberger’s Blog, April 2003 by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2003 Wednesday, April 30, 2003 In the wake of televised tours of Saddam Hussein’s palaces, much ado has been made about his luxurious lifestyle, which might imply that the consequences of the economic sanctions that the U.S. government has enforced against Iraq for the past 12 years have operated only against the Iraqi people and not against Saddam. But I ...
