Re: [iwar] [fc:House.panel.bravely.thwarts.terrorists-.by.banning.Net-gambling]

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Date: 2001-10-15 20:04:28


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You would most likely be correct.  There are no Boy Scouts in this part
of the world and most people are drawn from the stock of gun runers,
for example.
--- Tony Bartoletti <azb@llnl.gov> wrote:
> bin Laden may not be any fan of gambling, drugs, or other "western
> vices" 
> himself, but it is quite plain that a great many shady,
> quasi-military 
> operations, on all points of the geopolitical spectrum, have
> exploited the 
> money-flows of major gambling centers and drug money to provide
> financial 
> cover.  I would wager ;) that the al Qaeda "middle-men" are no
> different in 
> this regard.
> 
> ____tony____
> 
> 
> 
> At 03:30 PM 10/13/01 -0700, you wrote:
> ><a 
>
>href="http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47518,00.html">http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47518,00.html>
> >
> >Terror Bill Limits Gambling, Too
> >By Declan McCullagh (<a 
>
>href="mailto:declan@wired.com?Subject=Re:%20(ai)%20House%20panel%20bravely%20thwarts%20terrorists-%20by%20banning%20Net-gambling%2526In-Reply-To=%2526lt;B7EC749C.18781%25rforno@infowarrior.org">declan@wired.com</a>)
> >2:00 a.m. Oct. 12, 2001 PDT
> >
> >WASHINGTON -- Osama bin Laden is not, according to news reports, a
> >terribly big fan of Western vices.
> >
> >Nor has there been any reliable confirmation that last month's
> >suicide-hijackers, who completed the bloodiest terrorist attack in
> >American history, were habitual gamblers.
> >
> >But that didn't stop the House Financial Services committee from
> >voting 62-1 on Thursday for an "anti-terrorism" bill that limits
> >Internet gambling.
> >
> >In the words of Rep. Marge Roukema (R-New Jersey): "We've heard
> >testimony from the FBI, the Department of Justice, and law
> enforcement
> >that there is a clean nexus, a connection, between Internet gambling
> >and money laundering of terrorism activities."
> >
> >The measure has been dubbed the "Financial Anti-Terrorism Act"
> (PDF),
> >and it prohibits financial institutions from accepting credit cards,
> >electronic transfers and checks used in online gambling. Another
> part
> >of the 121-page bill gives the Customs Service more power to inspect
> >packages sent through the mail.
> >
> >[...]
> >
> >
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> Tony Bartoletti 925-422-3881 <azb@llnl.gov>
> Information Operations, Warfare and Assurance Center
> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
> Livermore, CA 94551-9900
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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