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[David R.Matusiak <dave AT matusiak.org>]

dude, you are soooooo hosed!!  Bush/Ashcroft/Wolfowitz' "Crack Team" 
have discovered your secret lair and intercepted your boatload of 
hashish!!  Time to call it a day and move to Columbia!!  Schnell!!  
Schnell!!

On Friday, December 19, 2003, at 12:07  PM, Scott Lundgren wrote:

> I just called my bank to cancel an extra ATM card they sent and as 
> part of
> the identity verification process (name, account #, DOB, SSN) the 
> customer
> service rep asked "as part of the Patriot Act, are you a US citizen?"
>
> Of course when I asked for what part of the act the bank was complying 
> with
> the rep didn't know. I know there were extra know-your-customer 
> regulations
> that were in the Patriot Act, but does anyone know what specific 
> regulation
> from the Patriot Act a bank would fall under for such a routine 
> transaction
> ?
>
> - SL