Mar 31, 2011

Whack-a-mole Politics: Texas Rep. Michael McCaul seeks to designate cartels as terrorists

Rep. Michael McCaul seeks to designate cartels as terrorists | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "In a potentially sweeping and politically charged escalation of the U.S. offensive against Mexican drug cartels, Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, introduced legislation in Congress Wednesday to designate six murderous Mexican drug cartels 'foreign terrorist organizations.' Such a designation by the State Department could expose Mexican drug traffickers and U.S. gunrunners to charges of supporting terrorism. ...

McCaul, the former federal prosecutor and ex-deputy attorney general of Texas, unveiled the legislation as he raises his profile in Washington for a possible bid for statewide office. The next opening? The seat being vacated at the end of 2012 by U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Dallas.

He's holding a hearing today in his subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee that's designed to elicit support from four high-level officials in the Obama administration for the legislation, which targets the Arellano Feliz, Beltran Leyva, La Familia Michoacana, Los Zetas and Sinaloa and Gulf cartels."

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