Important point in new Intercept story: They're NOT tracking money laundering w/all those Bahamian calls. Just drugs https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/05/19/data-pirates-caribbean-nsa-recording-every-cell-phone-call-bahamas/ …
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@emptywheel Well 2002: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/30495_58-indicted-in-US-on-fraud--money-laundering-charges … 2009: http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2009-11-03/news/sfl-corruption-indictments-b110309_1_sidney-cambridge-laundering-eggelletion-and-owens … 2011 here: http://www.irs.gov/uac/Offshore-Tax-Avoidance-and-IRS-Compliance-Efforts … etc... -
@bungdan You're pointing to UBS as a sign of seriousness? -
@emptywheel The UBS settlement was awful. The suggestion Americans don't get busted for hiding cash there still untrue./ -
@bungdan The US went well out of its way not to really go after UBS, as they have with a number of havens. They imprison whistleblowers!
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@emptywheel lol rich people don't go to prison silly (unless they steal a lot of money from other super rich people)! -
@onekade Clearly marijuana is a bigger threat to this country than the wholesale looting of it.
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@emptywheel@bungdan Seriously give me a break, just because you have a slide that talks abt drug trafficking, doesnt mean 0 in $ launderingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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