Text of the "Financial Anti-Terrorism Act": http://www.house.gov/financialservices/101101tc.htm --- http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47518,00.html Terror Bill Limits Gambling, Too By Declan McCullagh (declanat_private) 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. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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