[dcwusmc]

"True. And as I read it, it confirms that the government intends to keep their drug money."

There, fixed it. Doesn't matter a lot WHAT the source of the money is, until or unless they are CONVICTED IN OPEN COURT OF AN ACTUAL CRIME. Until then, the thieves who stole the money should be either dead or in jail... dead as in shot or otherwise killed during the commission of a FELONY, that is, an armed robbery.

[robertpaulsen]

"Doesn't matter a lot WHAT the source of the money is, until or unless they are CONVICTED IN OPEN COURT OF AN ACTUAL CRIME."

So if a bank is robbed of $215,000 and I have $215,000 in my trunk that I can't explain, I get to keep it if the cops can't prove I robbed the bank?

Wow! This opens up many possibilities for avoiding arrest.