NODE 3294594aUS government department for crime enforcement!
anonymous-remailer@shell.portal.comWed, 1 Nov 1995 23:39:19 +0800
It's come to my attention that the US government has a group
called the 'Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network' in Vienna, Virginia.
I know that burocrats like to keep themselves busy, but even
I didn't think they would go so far as to enforce crimes to
keep the law enforcement people busy.
What a curious way to spend the taxpayers money.
Garfield
P.S. :-) for the humor impaired.
NODE 18e105f2Re: US government department for crime enforcement!
s1113645@tesla.cc.uottawa.caThu, 2 Nov 1995 07:31:40 +0800
On Wed, 1 Nov 1995 anonymous-remailer@shell.portal.com wrote:
> It's come to my attention that the US government has a group
> called the 'Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes
> Enforcement Network' in Vienna, Virginia.
>
Yeah, in case you're interested, Anon, Wired had an article on them,
I think in 1.2, the cypherpunks issue. It might also be in their privacy
archive. Fincen has webpages at
www.ustreas.gov/treasury/bureaus/fincen/fincen.html
The agency is pretty much an alternative to the IRS's crumbling computers
and a nice cover for possibly unapproved interagency cooperation.
Look up some recent posts by Douglas Barnes on a banking conference.
Sorry to repeat what's been said here a zillion times before.
This account is a remailer for bad terminal servers. The above opinions are
entirely the result of line noise. @#$#@$~%?!!