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To: Frank Pembleton who wrote (72878)	7/5/2001 5:22:21 PM
From: Horgad	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116835

There is an unavoidable inverse relationship to ones freedom in a society and the extent to which criminals are pursued in that society. More laws and specifically more enforcement of those laws leads to more criminals caught and more innocent people harassed and/or mistakenly thrown in jail and/or purposely thrown in jail by corrupt officials. Catching criminals is not a free ride. We all pay for it by giving up some of our freedom. The question is how much freedom are you willing to give up in name of creating the "perfect" crime free society? What is the murder rate in Cuba as opposed to here in the US?

To: Frank Pembleton who wrote (72878)	7/5/2001 10:58:33 PM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116835

Newsmax.com All-Out Citizens Campaign Aims at International Snoops Wes Vernon Friday, July 6, 2001 WASHINGTON - Congress is getting a barrage of protests from outraged Americans who fear their personal information is going to be turned over to bureaucrats far from American shores. You may be unhappy with attempts by other Americans to make your bank account their business. Now, there’s an effort by foreign bureaucrats to reach across the sea and force your bank to let them know everything about your account. How much you deposit. When you withdraw. To whom you write checks. Whoever writes checks to you. Everything. Your private life would no longer be your own. Once again, it is necessary to revisit the busybody activities of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). As NewsMax.com has reported, the House leadership has written to Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill demanding that the U.S. government refuse to cooperate with the OECD efforts to get its member nations, including the United States, to report their citizens’ banking activity to them. Now, Accuracy in Academia (AIA), with the backing of privacy specialists throughout the nation, is urging each American to sit down and write his congressmen about this. Some citizens have already acted. But this is only the beginning. AIA wants to flood the congressional offices with demands that they "stand now with [House Majority Leader] Dick Armey and [House Majority Whip] Tom DeLay” in their stand against what they see as the OECD’s intrusive demand on personal privacy. The AIA says the following points can be made to your congressman. 1 - Under cover of concern over tax evasion and financial crimes, the OECD would gain access to banking records. 2 - The "information exchange” would allow foreign governments to engage in "fishing expeditions.” This would violate American citizens’ protections against unreasonable search and seizure. 3 - It’s a threat to your financial privacy. 4 - The only purpose of the OECD’s plan is to confiscate bank accounts. 5 - These invasive measures are the stuff of police states. A free country — our country — should not permit this. 6 - Do you want to trust your sensitive financial information to the "good intentions” of unaccountable foreign bureaucrats? 7 - Who is to say where your financial information will wind up, if the OECD gains access to your records through its "information exchange” program? 8 — Aside from the bold invasion of your privacy, these OECD banking procedures and rules undermine American sovereignty. A couple of years ago, the Clinton administration began to implement a "Know Your Customer” program where exactly this type of snooping was involved on a national scale. Public outrage forced a retreat on that. But somehow, once a police-state idea is proposed, it never seems to die. The persistent left never gives up. If they are prevented from barging into your private records through our own government, they’ll just try to get at you through some international back door. If anything, the international route is even worse, though it undoubtedly warms the hearts of some "one-worlders.” AIA says you can call a halt to it by letting your elected officials know you won’t stand for it. You need not threaten them by saying you will hold them responsible if they fail to act. In a free society, they already know that, even if OECD bureaucrats may have some trouble understanding the concept. newsmax.com