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Re laws being followed or not....it depends....just as the Constitution is or isn't followed....it depends....seems like a "D" doing it is illegal or unconstitutional whereas an "R" makes it right.

Seriously (I was serious then, too), there are laws for us piss ants and there are laws for the 'elitists', too.

I've followed this nonsense crap going back to 98 or 99 when the Fed, the Thrift supv, the Credit Union, and Treasury all tried to slip in the Know Your Customer program.....it goes way beyond suspicious banking transactions....this is an international thing....offhand the initials are the OSCE and FATF groups that hold secret, private meetings and set this crap up.....several years ago they wanted artwork, vehicles, boats, casinos, hotels, stocks and bonds, other financial transactions, insurance, and 'zillions' of other stuff all stuck in our banking.....and naturally, there were exemptions--for VIPS--I can't remember what they called those sorts of accounts....but I have a file about 4" on this crap; and worked with Benighted of Operation America on a lot more of it.

Back after the first WTC action and/or OKC, the FBI was hot to get all sorts of new powers....I even remember ol Louie baby asking for the roving wiretaps--they had 187 suspected drug dealers they wanted to spy on....I saw wiretap figures a couple of weeks ago and there was over 5,000!!!! But, hey, we've been told 'we're winning the WOD, too"!