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Lawmakers are hoping to put restrictions on Internet gambling by attaching their plan to a homeland security bill.

Conservative lawmakers are trying to ban bank transfers to offshore Internet gambling groups by attaching their plan to a bill that fights terrorism. What does Internet gambling have to do with homeland security?

Organized crime and other shady operators run internet gambling sites from offshore to stay out of reach of U.S. law enforcement. The legislation would starve those sites by preventing the use of credit cards, wire transfers or other bank transactions from U.S. companies, according to Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., the author of the bill.

"This would prevent those who operate these illegal internet gambling sites from being paid and that's what they're after," Bachus said. "You take away the financial incentive and you take away their motivation."

Attaching the proposal to a homeland security bill makes sense to Rep. Jim Leach, R-Iowa. He's worried about the possibility of offshore sites funneling money to terrorists.

"There are intermediary institutions like Internet gambling institutions to launder vast sums of money in ways that are very difficult to trace," Leach said.

Besides fighting crime, the proposal protects the vulnerable. According to Leach, putting the equivalent of a casino in every home is asking for trouble.

"Once people get hooked on gambling, if you can do it with such ease on the Internet, it is pretty hard to resist becoming an addict," Leach said.

The 9/11 anti-terrorist package is scheduled for consideration the first week of October.

Leach said this will be the fourth attempt to get legislation banning bank transfers to offshore Internet gambling groups through the House and Senate. Previous tries were scuttled by the powerful gambling lobby. He says attaching it to the anti-terrorist package is the best hope of getting through their roadblocks.

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should we get our money out of books if this might pass?

If the books think they're getting snuffed out, they might not pay.
 

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Neteller would love it if this passed. It would be the only way to fund a book.

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Non-partisian question :

Is Jim Leach the most hypocrytical piece of sh1t on the planet?

I vote Yea.
 

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osama bin laden is at bodog, I'm sure of it
 
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From the homepage of DHS (Department of Homeland Security)

"Since the kick off of the Arizona Border Control (ABC) initiative March 16, 2004, agents have made more than 351,700 illegal immigrant apprehensions at the Arizona border--evidence of substantial progress at securing the border against illegal incursions. Prosecutions of human smuggling organizations, another key indicator, have increased by 68 percent. Migrant desert rescues have more than doubled, potentially saving 697 lives. In addition, narcotics seizures have risen from 165,057 lbs. in 2003 to 359,604 lbs. during the same period in 2004."

If protection from illegal immigration and narcotics are part of homeland security then it seems perfectly reasonable that protection from Internet gambling would be part of securing der Fatherland err Homeland.
 

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And the Coast Guard is patroling several thousand miles off the coast to keep the Homeland safe.


"27 Tons of Cocaine Seized From Two Vessels In Pacific

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
Contact: Coast Guard Public Affairs 202-267-1587
September 27, 2004

....

On September 17, 2004, the USS Curts, with a U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment on board, intercepted the fishing vessel Lina Maria, approximately 300 miles southwest of the Galapagos Islands. Aboard the vessel, the Coast Guard boarding team found approximately 14.52 tons of cocaine. Ten crewmembers were arrested.
On September 26, 2004, the USS Crommelin, with a U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment on board, intercepted the fishing vessel San Jose, the sister vessel of the Lina Maria, approximately 1,000 miles south of Manzanillo, Mexico. Aboard the vessel, the Coast Guard law enforcement detachment found approximately 13 tons of cocaine. Eight crewmembers were arrested...."


Just wait until the marines invade Antigua, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Curacao to capture the weapons of Internet gambling!
 

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The JD wants us to think that terrorists use offshore betting companies to launder money.
 

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