John Snow
Secretary of the Treasury |
Sensenbrenner
Blows Whistle on Snow
Washington, D.C. -- In a harsh letter
dated May 23, House Judiciary Committee Chairman, James Sensenbrenner,
urged the White House to delay implementation of a regulation
issued by the Treasury Department to eliminate the requirement
that a bank retain copies of documents used to verify the identity
of the customer, and allowing banks to open an account for an
alien who presents only an alien identification card number,
or "number and country of issuance" of any other government-issued
document....
"If those reports are correct, acceptance of such documents
would undermine, rather than advance, the goals of the USA PATRIOT
Act..." Sensenbrenner wrote Dr.
Richard Falkenrath, Asst. Dir of the Homeland Security Council
in the White House. The Treasury Department told American Patrol
it has nothing to do with Homeland Security.
 See Sensenbrenner
Letter (Page 1 - Page
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