Hearings Before The Committee On Internal Security Ninety Second Congress Second Session 1972

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331696919
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (969 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Testimony of Frances G. Knight written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-18 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Testimony of Frances G. Knight: Hearing, Before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-Second Congress, Second Session, September 15, 1972 Miss Knight. The Passport Office, like many other areas of Government, has been concerned for some time with the rapid expansion and disastrous results of international drug traffic. Our concern is based on two closely related factors: (1) passport fraud being perpetrated by persons who are either drug addicts or drug traffickers, and (2) protecting the integrity of the U.S. passport. The policy of the Passport Office in any known or suspected passport fraud is to thoroughly investigate the information given us and to determine whether there has been a violation of the passport laws and, if so, to refer it to the Department of Justice through the appropriate U.S. attorney for criminal prosecution. This is standard operating procedure in each and every case. Oases involving more than one potential fraud are handled with particular urgency. As soon as the facts of a case are available, the Passport Office issues an alert which is sent to all foreign service posts and to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Every action is taken to prevent the fraud from spreading and to secure prosecution of the persons responsible. As a matter of policy, the Passport Office cooperates with all Government agencies which may have an interest in a fraud case to assist them in the performance of their statutory responsibilities. This cooperation extends to the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs as well as the Bureau of Customs. Because your inquiry is primarily interested in the fraud-drug relationship, I would like to call your attention to the action taken by the Passport Office concerning the report on the World Heroin Problem, dated May 27, 1971, prepared by Congressman Morgan F.Murphy of Illinois and Congressman Robert. H. Steele of Connecticut pursuant to H. R. 109. The following recommendation was contained in this report: That the United States consider canceling the passport of any American known to be engaged in the illegal trafficking of heroin. In our comment on this recommendation, we stated that adverse passport action could be taken only in the case of an American citizen who had been convicted or was a fugitive from a Federal warrant of arrest or similar order for trafficking in heroin. We indicated that this action would have to be based either on an Executive order or legislation providing that the illegal sale, processing, or transportation of heroin is damaging to the national interest of the United States. We also indicated that the Department of Justice should advise U.S. attorneys to prosecute vigorously passport frauds involving drug activities. On June 15, 1971, our recommendations were forwarded to the Director of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. I am unaware of any action taken. Mr. Sourwine. You mean you did not get an answer to your recommendation? Your memorandum was not acknowledged? Miss Knight. Not that I know of, sir. Mr. Sourwine. Have you renewed those recommendations since June 15, 1971? Miss Knight. No, because I sent the recommendations through channels, and I would not be in a position to contact the Department of Justice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com