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Committee on International Relations ^ | 11-16-04 | Henry J. Hyd

[OXENinFLA]

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[kahoutek]

FNC is the only station carrying coverage of this....

[Mo1]

I'm watching it on FNC

[OXENinFLA]

Opening statements here

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Lantos is ripping into France......

[staticmh]

hehe, oil for fraud

[Mo1]

Says ... It should be called Oil for Fraud and not Oil for Food

[kahoutek]

Lantos.....slamming france, russia, syria

Now slamming state dept ......

[OXENinFLA]

Skimming through the opening statement of Herbert A. Biern.............

The Patriot Act and its implementing regulations also:

	expanded the AML compliance program requirements to all financial institutions, including broker-dealers and casinos;
	increased the civil and criminal penalties for money laundering;
	facilitated access to records and required banks to respond to requests for information within 120 hours;
	required regulatory agencies to evaluate an institution’s AML record when considering bank mergers, acquisitions, and other applications for business combinations; and
	provided the Secretary of the Treasury with the authority to impose "Special Measures" on jurisdictions, institutions, or transactions that are of "primary money-laundering concern."

Most of the rulemaking under the Patriot Act is now completed, and banking organizations have made significant investments to ensure compliance with these requirements.

[Mo1]

Unlike Sen Levin who played Defense Lawyer for the UN

This Dem (Lantos) is RIPPING into the UN

[ken5050]

Somewhat off-topic question for the group...Benon Savin is most likely very dirt. Under what jurisdiction could he be indicted and tried? Iraq?..doesn't seem possibly.. The World Court?..Where's the docket for UN types who commit crimes?

[staticmh]

Lantos slammin Putin's buddies...

[OXENinFLA]

Per. FNC last night they don't think ANY UN officials will be in front of these hearings.

[ken5050]

Lantos just about accused Chirac of taking bribes..

[Mo1]

Under what jurisdiction could he be indicted and tried? Iraq?..doesn't seem possibly.. The World Court?..Where's the docket for UN types who commit crimes?

I don't know for sure .. but I would guess the The World is who should also be taking this up

[ken5050]

I know..my point is..where could they be indicted and tried?..what jurisdiction?

[OXENinFLA]

Annan has promised Sevan will cooperate with the U.N.'s own investigation, but it's not clear what Sevan would do if subpoenaed by the Senate, and he could claim diplomatic immunity to avoid testifying or even meeting with senators.

[Bahbah]

Oh happy day. Lantos is going after the Department of State.

[Mo1]

He's slamming the State Department

Hmmmmm and who's administration was largely responsible ... THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION and MADDY THE TROLL???