U.S. Treasury Department
Broad Powers Bestowed To Federal Reserve 'Govenors'
Submitted by MichaelVail on Sun, 03/30/2008 - 9:13pm.
The Treasury Department will propose Monday that Congress give the Federal Reserve broad new authority to oversee financial market stability, in effect allowing it to send special forces into any corner of the industry or any institution that might pose a risk to the overall system.
A Good Name Dragged Down: Consumers Get Tangled In Terrorist Watchlist
Submitted by TheTower on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 6:00pm.
One man went into a Glen Burnie, Md., Toyota dealership to buy a car, only to be told that a name check revealed he was on a U.S. Treasury Department watchlist of suspected terrorists and drug dealers. He had to be "checked for tattoos," he said, to make sure he wasn't the suspect.
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