The forfeiture statute for terrorism, 18 U.S.C.
§ 981(a)(1)(G), is even more powerful. That
statute says that if someone is engaged in
planning or perpetrating acts of domestic or
international terrorism, the government may
seize and forfeit all assets, foreign or
domestic, whether the property was involved
in the terrorism activity, or not. This statute is
designed to incapacitate the terrorist
completely, by leaving no assets, whatsoever,
to perpetrate further acts of violence against
governments, their citizens, or their property.
See Stefan D. Cassella, Forfeiture of Terrorist
Assets Under the USA Patriot Act of 2001, 34
LAW & POL'Y INT'L BUS. 7 (2002).