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francisco
04-29-2014, 01:32 PM
...Under "Operation Choke Point," the DOJ and its allies are going after legal but subjectively undesirable business ventures by pressuring banks to terminate their bank accounts or refuse their business. The very premise is clearly chilling—the DOJ is coercing private businesses in an attempt to centrally engineer the American marketplace based on it's own politically biased moral judgements. Targeted business categories so far have included payday lenders, ammunition sales, dating services, purveyors of drug paraphernalia, and online gambling sites...

Full article:

http://reason.com/blog/2014/04/28/doj-operation-chokepoint-and-porn-stars

Brian4Liberty
04-29-2014, 02:19 PM
"When Presley went to the bank in person to ask why, she was told it’s because she’s considered 'high risk,'" according to VICE News. VICE's Mary O'Hara was the first to note a likely link between the porn bank account closings and Operation Choke Point. The DOJ did not respond to VICE News’ request for comment.

Interesting. There's that VICE news show again.

Acala
04-29-2014, 02:37 PM
The silver lining here is that the more people they push out of mainstream banking, the more effort will go into building reliable alternatives.

evilfunnystuff
04-29-2014, 02:44 PM
Bitcoin to the rescue?

tod evans
04-29-2014, 02:47 PM
First they came for the............

Oh never mind...:o

jct74
04-29-2014, 06:54 PM
well... that sounds kind of disturbing...