2 Sep
2001
2 Sep
'01
12:23 a.m.
At 10:03 AM 08/30/2001 -0700, jamesd@echeque.com wrote:
Concerning your example of the IRA -- I recollect that for a long time the US government allowed IRA fundraising, and use of the US banking system for transfers to the IRA.
It wasn't that the US government _allowed_ IRA fundraising, except in that the First Amendment protects such things. For a long time, the US Government hadn't banned it, though a couple of years ago Congress passed a law allowing the President to declare specific organizations to be Offical Terrorists and ban fundraising activities by or for them. I don't remember if the IRA is on the enemies list, but Hizbollah.org is.