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Originally Posted by Traf Rellik
The other side of this coin is MA going to the US and saying "I know we LOOK like an onling gambling site, but PLEASE PLEASE consider this perspective on everything we've done to avoid this classification. Please allow us to continue to reap in huge sums of money from your citizens without being controlled like one..."
The reality is somewhere in between. For the US to allow MA to conduct financial transactions with US banks, for instance, they must meet certain criteria: be subject to AML (Anti Money Laundering) laws, and agree not to deal with people that are known to fund terrorists, etc...
It's like this for ANY foreign business, and MA very likely JUMPED at the opportunity to give the US a better idea of how it should treat EU. Without allowing MA to say anything, the US would likely take a much more restrictive position.
... and don't think the US is the only government that does this. This probably isn't a good example of the US's bullying tactics (there are plenty of those, but this just isn't likely to be one). |
Excellent points. My main focus of my post was the CIA bit... I seriously feel that the job of a government is to protect it's citizens. I also feel that quite often, governments seem to think it is more important to protect US citizens than their own....
(Not speaking about individuals here, speaking of governments, let this be really clear).
So, if the CIA wants to have access to stuff belonging to a foreigner, they would have to go to the foreigner, and politely ask. And they should ALSO refrain from spying on others, you, him, me. As it is now, the US is doing stuff with my data that my own government considers illegal even...