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Friends,
This order was recently issued by the White House, and was downloaded from
www.whitehouse.gov.
All of your property can be seized...
"all property and interests in property of the following
persons...are blocked and may not be transferred, paid,
exported, withdrawn..."
...if you 'undermine' Bush's invasion of Iraq (publish articles against?)...
"(B) undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction
and political reform in Iraq or to provide humanitarian
assistance to the Iraqi people;"
...or if you contribute to a group that 'undermines'.
"(ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided
financial, material, logistical, or technical support for,
or goods or services in support of, such an act or acts of
violence or any person whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to this order"
You won't be notified...
"...there need be no prior notice of a listing or
determination made pursuant to...this order"
...and every government official can act independently to get you...
"...All agencies of the United States Government are hereby
directed to take all appropriate measures ..."
rkm
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070717-3.html
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/072207A.shtml
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 17, 2007
Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization
Efforts in Iraq
White House News
Message to the Congress of the United States Regarding International Emergency
Economic Powers Act
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of
the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), the National Emergencies
Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)(NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States
Code,
I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that, due to
the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy
of the United States posed by acts of violence threatening the peace and
stability of Iraq and undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and
political reform in Iraq and to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi
people, it is in the interests of the United States to take additional steps
with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 of May
22, 2003, and expanded in Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, and relied
upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, and
Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004. I hereby order:
Section 1. (a) Except to the extent provided in section 203(b)(1), (3), and (4)
of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(1), (3), and (4)), or in regulations, orders,
directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and
notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior
to the date of this order, all property and interests in property of the
following persons, that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the
United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of
United States persons, are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported,
withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any person determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of
Defense,
(i) to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, an act or
acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of:
(A) threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq; or
(B) undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform
in Iraq or to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people;
(ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material,
logistical, or technical support for, or goods or services in support of, such
an act or acts of violence or any person whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to this order; or
(iii) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or
on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to this order.
(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section include, but are not
limited to, (i) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or
services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests
in property are blocked pursuant to this order, and (ii) the receipt of any
contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.
Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within the United
States that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or
attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is
prohibited.
(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this
order is prohibited.
Sec. 3. For purposes of this order:
(a) the term "person" means an individual or entity;
(b) the term "entity" means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture,
corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; and
(c) the term "United States person" means any United States citizen, permanent
resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any
jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any
person in the United States.
Sec. 4. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type specified in
section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of,
any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this
order would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13303 and expanded in Executive Order 13315, and I
hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of this order.
Sec. 5. For those persons whose property and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence in the United
States, I find that, because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets
instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be taken pursuant
to this order would render these measures ineffectual. I therefore determine
that for these measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13303 and expanded in Executive Order 13315, there
need be no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to section
1(a) of this order.
Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of
State and the Secretary of Defense, is hereby authorized to take such actions,
including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers
granted to the President by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out the purposes
of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these
functions to other officers and agencies of the United States Government,
consistent with applicable law. All agencies of the United States Government are
hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry
out the provisions of this order and, where appropriate, to advise the Secretary
of the Treasury in a timely manner of the measures taken.
Sec. 7. Nothing in this order is intended to affect the continued effectiveness
of any rules, regulations, orders, licenses, or other forms of administrative
action issued, taken, or continued in effect heretofore or hereafter under 31
C.F.R. chapter V, except as expressly terminated, modified, or suspended by or
pursuant to this order.
Sec. 8. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit,
or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any
party against the United States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities,
or entities, its officers or employees, or any other person.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 17, 2007.
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