http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/22000?c=law_enforcement_first_responders Uncle Sam makes it easier for sanctioned terrorist groups to pay their U.S. lawyers Tue, 2010-12-07 04:26 PM By: Jacob Goodwin <http://www.gsnmagazine.com/author/3134/jacob_goodwin> http://www.gsnmagazine.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/Blind%20j ustice%20WEB.JPG The U. S. Treasury Department has issued final rules that make it a little easier for an alleged terrorist or terrorist organization that is being financially sanctioned by the U.S. Government to obtain funds from outside the United States to set up a legal defense fund and pay for certain legal services. Treasury's office of foreign assets control (OFAC) published rules on December 7 that "expand the scope of authorized services," so alleged terrorists can now pay for legal representation at arbitration or administrative hearings before any U.S. federal, state or local court. Such founds would have to originate outside the United States, and could not be provided by any source which was controlled by a U.S. person. "In addition to the payment mechanisms discussed above, OFAC may issue specific licenses authorizing the release of a limited amount of blocked funds for the payment of legal fees and expenses incurred in seeking administrative reconsideration or judicial review of the designation of a U.S. person or the blocking of the property and interests in property of a U.S. person where alternative funding sources are not available," say the rules, which were published <http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-30520.htm> in the Federal Register on Dec. 7. OFAC may have loosened up a bit, but it still intends to keep a close eye on the money used in the legal defense of alleged terrorists. For example, it insists that the attorney, law firm or legal services organization intending to provide such legal representation must submit a "letter of engagement" to OFAC, and provide quarterly reports on where the funds originated and how they are being used. Any legal defense fund that is established to defend an alleged terrorist group must be held in a savings or checking account at a financial institution located in the United States, the new rules declare. And OFAC must issue a formal license before any of these fees can be disbursed to legal representatives. Further information on these new rules is available from the Assistant Director for Compliance, Outreach & Implementation at OFAC at 202-622-2490. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
