Legal Back Doors

The U.S. Steps Up Push Against Online Casinos by Seizing Cash [NYTimes.com]. This is just unbelievable. John Ashcroft's Justice Department has frequently been turned down in attempts to apply federal anti-gambling laws to offshore Internet casinos. So now they're seizing funds in America that those operations have used to pay for advertising, on the grounds that media companies are "aiding and abetting" gambling by accepting ads. Talk about an unconscionable, morality-driven use of the legal back door. This takes the cake.

 Posted by glenn