By: Clif Burns

Clif Burns — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:14:36 +0000

Let me jump in here to note that while I believe that there are legitimate criticisms to be leveled against OFAC, I personally would not characterize them as a rogue agency. Nor do I think that the areas in which I would like to see changes at OFAC are related to the political affiliation of agency officials.

By: Mike Deal

Mike Deal — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:14:03 +0000

This just underscores that OFAC is a rogue agency that exists only to gratify expatriate communities that contribute to the Republican Party. The import and export of information is expressly excluded from IEEPA under 50 USC 1702(b). OFAC has a documented history of overstepping its bounds with regard to information. They seem to think that the First Amendment doesn’t apply to them because they’re so much better than their countrymen, who they don ‘t give a darn about.

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