From: "Robert G Lewis" 

Interesting. I have a real problem with the 'Money doesn't move until the
threat alert is lifted" part ( concerns about the rest but a real
problem there). While the money is in limbo is the person being charged
interest on the account ? Late Fees ? Can they earn interest on their money
in limbo?

How much  is this costing the banks above any previous requirements ?

 Not to mention the shear quantity of additional information for the
government to sift through, especially of the money doesn't move until the
alert is lifted. They will have to either increase resources or spend very
little time on each alert. And if the money doesn't move then the person
will know shortly, this is worse than the NY Times story saying cell phones
can be listened in on as the target will know ( unless they totally ignore
bank statements cc bills etc )..

Seems to be a worse than  useless to me. It's one thing to track a targeted
individual or even do data mining. All this will do is provide lots of
useless information that HAS to be dealt with.


"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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> in the War on Debt-Free Consumers.
>
> Let this be a lesson to anyone who wants to change their spending
> habits:  Big Brother is watching!
>
> http://www.reason.com/hitandrun/2006/03/terrorists_hate.shtml
> Walter and Deana Soehnge are retirees who tried to pay off $6,522 on
> their JC Penney MasterCard. When the balance didn't go down, they
> called to find out what was up:
>
> They both learned the same astounding piece of information about the
> little things that can set the threat sensors to beeping and blinking.
> They were told, as they moved up the managerial ladder at the call
> center, that the amount they had sent in was much larger than their
> normal monthly payment. And if the increase hits a certain percentage
> higher than that normal payment, Homeland Security has to be notified.
> And the money doesn't move until the threat alert is lifted.
>

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