List making--gonna find out who's naughty and nice
When people question the harm in government anti-terror list keeping, they should be referred to this kind of story. Several newspapers have broken the story that the Office of Foreign Asset Control's anti-terror list has been used by a wide range of companies to deny services to suspected individuals. The law requires businesses to check this list before doing business with new customers or risk a $10 million fine. This has usually been interpreted as applying to banks. It is now, however, being used by all sorts of companies including rental car companies and mortgage providers.
Apparently if you're on the OFAC list, it also goes on your Transunion credit report.
Does anyone else see the problem with this? There's no way off this list if you get on it and the reprecussions go way beyond being stopped from taking one-way flight lessons.
While we're at it Mr. Bush, where is Osama Bin Laden? Why has he been able to enjoy the last 6 years in peace and harmony after killing so many Americans? Has he turned up in Baghdad yet? Oh and what's with the Anthrax by the way?
Posted on March 27, 2007