I have seen this in several places and have yet to see an official
denial. Read and be forewarned..... Garzsp
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To Whom It May Concern:
The following allegations are copied and pasted from page 5 of Sean
David Morton's Delphi Associates Newsletter Issue # 115 dated March
10, 2006:
"-Point #3: Bank Of America and Compass Bank managers (probably all
other U.S. banks, too) have been instructing their employees in the
last few weeks on how to respond to customer demands in the event of
a collapse of the U.S. economy - specifically telling the employees
that only agents from the Department Of Homeland Security will have
authority to decide what belongings customers may have from their
safe deposit boxes - and that precious metals and other valuables
will not be released to U.S. citizens. The bank employees have been
strictly prohibited from revealing the banks' new "guidelines" to
anyone. (however, employees have been talking to friends and family.)
THIS IS NOT A LEGEND! THIS IS NOT A RUMOR! THIS IS NOT AN URBAN MYTH!
THIS IS NOT PATRIOT PARANOIA! THIS IS A COLD, HARD, SMELLY FACT, AND
IT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW! THEY ARE SETTING ALL OF US UP!
"The next time you visit your bank, ask them about it - then ask
yourself, why is this information being kept secret from customers
and the public - what's really going on?"
Prior to the above quoted allegations made by Sean David Morton, the
following similar allegations were made by Joel Skousen in the
January 27, 2006, issue of Joel Skousen's World Affairs Brief:
"HOMELAND SECURITY WILL CONTROL SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES IN A CRISIS
"A source at
<http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=10012<http://bellaciaoorg/en/article.php3?id_article=10012>>
filed the following report, which I have confirmed from other sources:
"'A family member from Irvine, CA (who's a branch manager at Bank of
America) told us two weeks ago that her bank held a workshop where
the last two days were dedicated to discussing their bank's new
security measures... [M]embers from the Homeland Security Office
instructed them on how to field calls from customers and what they
are to tell them in the event of a national disaster. She said they
were told how only agents from Homeland Security (during such an
event) would be in charge of opening safe deposit boxes and
determining what items would be given to bank customers. At this
point they were told that no weapons, cash, gold, or silver will be
allowed to leave the bank -- only various paperwork will be given to
its owners. After discussing the matter with them at length, she and
the other employees were then told not to discuss the subject with
anyone.
"The family member has since given her notice to quit the bank. I
found the news alarming and decided to find out more myself. On a
trip to my bank here in Houston, I remarked to a young bank employee
(who's new there), 'Well I guess you've been told all that stuff by
the manager and the Homeland Security about what to tell your
customers' - and to my amazement, the young woman came right out and
said yes she'd been through all that, then whispered to me across the
counter, 'but we're not supposed to talk about it - I could lose my
job.'" Lesson to learn: don't depend on getting access to a safety
deposit box. If you must use one, only keep documents in it -- no
valuables. Obviously the feds plan on confiscating gold again!'"
Sean David Morton and Joel Skousen come from totally different
backgrounds, and yet they have made substantially the same
allegations regarding this matter. I ignored Joel Skousen's initial
warning. When Sean David Morton made essentially the same
allegations about a month and a half later, I decided that I had
better confront Bank of America regarding this matter, since I have a
safe deposit box at a Bank of America Banking Center in Houston,
Texas.
Bank of America heavily promotes various forms of Online Banking,
which includes a Customer Service web page format where bank
customers are encouraged to post their specific questions. The
following is what I posted on this web page on March 22, 2006:
"To: Bank of America Customer Service
"This is my 3rd and final attempt to get you to respond to the
following allegations regarding bank safe deposit boxes that were
published in Sean David Morton's Delphi Associates Newsletter Issue #
115 dated March 10, 2006. If you continue to refuse to respond to my
inquiries regarding these allegations, then I will be compelled to
conclude that they are substantially true, and close out my Safe
Deposit Box at Bank of America.
"I sent you the following inquiry 3 days ago on Sunday, March 12,
2006, and have not yet received any reply from you:
"The following allegations are copied and pasted from page 5 of
Sean David Morton's Delphi Associates Newsletter Issue # 115 dated
March 10, 2006:
"'Bank Of America and Compass Bank managers (probably all other
U.S. banks, too) have been instructing their employees in the last
few weeks on how to respond to customer demands in the event of a
collapse of the U.S. economy - specifically telling the employees
that only agents from the Department Of Homeland Security will have
authority to decide what belongings customers may have from their
safe deposit boxes - and that precious metals and other valuables
will not be released to U.S. citizens. The bank employees have been
strictly prohibited from revealing the banks' new "guidelines" to
anyone. (however, employees have been talking to friends and
family.) ...
"'The next time you visit your bank, ask them about it - then ask
yourself, why is this information being kept secret from customers
and the public - what's really going on?'
"Are the above allegations true or false? If any of these
allegations are true, please inform me which of these allegations are
true."
This web page states that "You can expect to receive a response to
your message within 12 hours." If you read what I last posted on
March 22, 2006, you will note that on two previous occasions I posted
my same initial questions.
The response to date from Bank of America's Online Banking Customer
Service Department has been total silence. It is obvious that they
are stonewalling my questions, which I first propounded to them back
on March 9, 2006.
On March 25, 2006, I went to the Bank of America Banking Center in
Houston, Texas, where my Safe Deposit Box is physically located. To
digress a bit, my safe deposit box was originally at a different Bank
of America Banking Center in Houston, Texas, which got flooded out
back in June, 2001. All renters of safe deposit boxes at that
location were compelled to find other safe deposit box facilities in
the summer of 2001. Not all Bank of America Banking Centers in
Houston, Texas, have safe deposit box storage facilities, and those
that do might not always have boxes available. The result was that
my safe deposit box ended up at a rather distant Bank of America
Banking Center where I have no reason to transact any other banking
business.
I began by asking the people at this Bank of America Banking Center
for their response to the allegations made by Sean David Morton, a
copy of which I provided to them. I ended up being referred to an
Assistant Banking Center Manager, who emphatically denied these
allegations. After going through this denial routine, I gave this
Assistant Banking Center Manager a copy of my above March 22, 2006,
questions that I propounded to Bank of America's Online Customer
Service Department, and I asked her why they had refused to respond
to my questions after I had posted them three times. This Assistant
Banking Center Manager could not answer this question. I told this
Assistant Banking Center Manager that I was surprised at her denial
of the allegations made by Sean David Morton, and stated that I had
expected to receive the same stonewalling treatment from her that I
was previously given by Bank of America's Online Customer Service
Department. I concluded this conversation by stating that I want
specific answers to these questions, or else I will be compelled to
close out my safe deposit box at this Bank of America Banking Center.
Essentially I have reached an impasse regarding this matter. Can
anyone shed any light on this matter? To be more specific, here are
some of my thoughts and questions at this time:
(1) If the above allegations made by Sean David Morton and Joel
Skousen are true, then would this information have been disclosed to
every Assistant Banking Center Manager at every Bank of America
Banking Center in the United States that provides safe deposit box
facilities? The Assistant Banking Center Manager that I talked with
acted like this was the first time that she had ever heard these
allegations. She made copies of Sean David Morton's allegations,
along with my above March 22, 2006, questions that I propounded to
Bank of America's Online Customer Service Department, and told me
that she would forward these items to her superiors.
(2) One thing that has bothered me about these allegations is that
if they are true, then why would U.S. Homeland Security allegedly
inform staff employees at every Bank of America Banking Center in the
United States with safe deposit box facilities of their future plans
regarding safe deposit boxes in the United States? Could U.S.
Homeland Security have done this at only selected Bank of America
Banking Centers as part of a "trial balloon" in an effort to
determine what gets leaked to the public?
(3) Have any others besides Sean David Morton and Joel Skousen made
similar allegations? If so, who else has made any allegations along
this line, and what did they specifically allege? How widespread are
these allegations?
(4) If these allegations are totally false, then why did Bank of
America's Online Banking Customer Service Department refuse to
respond to my initial inquiries? I would have expected a blistering
denial if these allegations are totally false.
U.I.G.
(Name Deleted for privacy purposes)
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