perfidy

At the risk of sounding like some damn broken record, this is ridiculous.

ABCNEWS.com has obtained a draft of the Vital Interdiction of Criminal Terrorist Organizations Act of 2003, or VICTORY Act, which could be introduced to Congress this fall, and which appears to have been prepared by the office of Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The measure would give law enforcement increased subpoena powers and more leeway over wire-tap evidence and on classifying some drug offenses as terrorism.

Gut reactions, in order:

• Right. So they'll merge the War on Drugs with the War on Terror. Sort of like putting a Pinto engine in an Abrams tank. Neato.
• Note to bigwigs: um, guys, "synergy" was the trendy thing like, five years ago, okay? Now it's about like moving cheese and stuff?
• Talk about your tortured acronyms... Vital Interdiction of Criminal Terrorist Organizations.... VICTOR.... uhhh... [Yippee!]... VICTORY!

More coverage of the Victor/Victoria Act here and here.

Question: what the hell is a "narcoterrorist?" The dude who sells you a bag of oregano?