Frozen Account Ruffles Nuns (Patroit Act)

[wakeme2008]

http://www.tbo.com/news/metro/MGBTP976FJE.html

By ELAINE SILVESTRINI and HOWARD ALTMAN The Tampa Tribune

Published: Feb 8, 2006
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ST. LEO - The nuns of the Holy Name Monastery say they have been swept into the net cast by the nation's antiterrorism laws.

The sisters say the monastery's main bank account was frozen without explanation in November, creating financial headaches and making the Benedictine nuns hopping mad. They were told the Patriot Act was the cause.

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Problems Began With 80-Year-Old

Abbott said she was told the troubles started because one 80-year-old nun who is a signatory to the account didn't have her Social Security number and photo ID on file.

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Against the Patriot Act from the start, the sisters have members of Congress on speed dial :rofl: , Abbott said. "They'll be hearing from us now that this is all settled."

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IMHO the bank went crazy in this case...

[ixion]

1. Al Queda Nuns?

:shrug: :+

[Lochloosa]

2. Looks like they mean business to me....

[f-bush]

3. Once again: We're living in the Fourth Reich

and half of the retarded American public who doesn't wish to think and only seeks easy answers is responsible for it happening!

[HuffleClaw]

4. ya wanna bet that at the heart of this mess is

some rabidly anti-catholic fundy apparatchik?

[LiberalFighter]

5. Photo ID is required now? GDSOB That is bullshit

[AnneD]

6. Beware the wrath of...

Nunzilla


No one is safe from the wrath of the fire-breathing Nunzilla. Clutching a Bible in one hand and a ruler in the other, this holy terror will have you owning up to transgressions from as far back as birth. Nunzilla is 3 inches (7.62 cm) tall and made of hard plastic and with an intimidating expression. Wind her up and she trudges forward like a determined diciplinary force, shooting sparks from her mouth.
Nunzilla comes in her own personal cardboard convent, measuring 3-1/2 inches (8.89 cm) x 2-1/4 inches (5.72 cm) x 2-1/4 inches (5.72 cm).

Sorry, having trouble doing photo. I have one on my desk....she keeps me on the straight and narrow.

[iverglas]

8. here ya go

Looked 'er up:



http://dss.ucsd.edu/~vcrawfor/

[seriousstan]

7. This has nothing to do with the Patriot Act....according to the ACLU

"One thing is clear. "The Patriot Act does not require that nuns' bank accounts be frozen," said Chris Hansen, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union in Washington. "The Patriot Act has a lot of problems, but that's not one of them."

But Hansen said he has no reason to doubt that the nuns were told the Patriot Act was behind their troubles. "It is our experience that there are a lot of things these days where people say, 'The Patriot Act made us do it.' Often it's true, but it isn't always true."

Chris Hoofnagle, senior counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said the Patriot Act requires banks to verify client information on all new bank accounts but not on existing accounts. Many banks, however, are checking information on existing accounts as well."

The bank was at fault, that is why they changed their minds after only a week and paid for all of the charges.

[UrbScotty]

9. Proves that the 'Patriot' Act is un-Christian. (nt)