-Caveat Lector- -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Gaylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Matthew Gaylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, February 26, 1999 9:52 AM Subject: URGENT: Stop the bank spying law! >I'm participating in an Internet campaign to stop a regulation which >would require your bank to spy on you, and I'd like to invite you to >join me. > >We now have less than 20 days to contact the FDIC and demand that it >kill its proposed "Know Your Customer" rule. Please forward this >message to any friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, or other people >you know who may be interested, then go to >http://www.defendyourprivacy.com and sign the petition. It will be >submitted directly to the FDIC. Plus, a copy will be sent to your >representative in the U.S. House and to both your U.S. Senators. > >The FDIC's Know Your Customer rule would force banks to "monitor" your >checking and savings account and report any "unusual transactions" to >the federal government. This frightening threat to your financial >privacy would force your bank to: > > * Discover your "source of funds" > > * Determine your "normal and expected > transactions" > > * Report any "suspicious activity" to federal > investigators > >The government claims it is trying to thwart money launderers and drug >dealers. But what this law will do is turn every bank teller into a >government informer and everyone with a bank account into a criminal >suspect. > >In a free society, the government has no business asking where you get >your money or how you spend it -- and politicians have no right to >force your bank to monitor your account. > >But that's exactly what's going to happen, unless we can generate >enough opposition before the FDIC's comment period expires on March 8. >Outraged Americans have already flooded the FDIC with over 20,000 >comments against the Know Your Customer regulation -- but the agency >hasn't backed down yet. > >Let's keep up the pressure. > >Please forward this e-mail to everyone you know who might be interested >in helping, but please don't send it indiscriminately -- spam will only >hurt our campaign. > >Then go to http://www.defendyourprivacy.com and sign the petition. > >Thank you. > >************************************************************************** >Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues >Send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words subscribe FA >on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) >Matthew Gaylor,1933 E. Dublin-Granville Rd.,#176, Columbus, OH 43229 >Archived at http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/listarch?[EMAIL PROTECTED] >************************************************************************** > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
