"This is how the US intimidates such that the USG can monitor all transactions. A serious practical problem for e$ when it needs to interface to atoms." I'm also tempted to think that the USG needs to retain illicit drug-price differentials in order to fund backdoor opps. Hum. Perhaps on a larger scale, they don't want currency differences to be beyond their control. The "American Century" indeed. -TD
From: "Major Variola (ret)" <mv@cdc.gov> To: "cypherpunks@al-qaeda.net" <cypherpunks@al-qaeda.net> Subject: RE: J.P. Morgan Is Facing Heat Of Patriot Act Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:49:47 -0800
At 10:11 AM 3/10/04 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote:
Holy Crap this seems bizarre. This isn't even really a case of "know your customers", but "know your customers' customers", isn't it?
Is this some kind of "snipe hunt" or mere "Brazil"-like government incompetence and mindless application of half-baked laws?
Optimist.
This is how the US intimidates such that the USG can monitor all transactions. A serious practical problem for e$ when it needs to interface to atoms.
.... The python says to the goat in its coils: relax, exhale... A tentacle grows another sucker.
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