Pubdate: Tue, 09 May 2006
Source: New York Post (NY)
Copyright: 2006 N.Y.P. Holdings, Inc.
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/296
Author: Kenneth Lovett
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'SORRY' TIME FOR $OROS DA

ALBANY - The beleaguered upstate DA who was bankrolled by billionaire 
George Soros has backed off his explosive comments that the U.S. drug 
war is designed to give law-enforcement personnel "a wonderful living."

"I admire the courage of our law-enforcement personnel," Albany 
County DA David Soares said yesterday. "They put their lives on the 
line every day. If I have offended them, I want to say now, from the 
bottom of my heart, I apologize to you."

Soares' candidacy for DA won heavy financial backing from billionaire 
Soros, who favors legalization of some drugs.

Soares did his about-face at an Assembly Democrat press conference on 
the Rockefeller-era drug laws.