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Dear colleagues:<br>
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I hope all is well with you. Yesterday I received the message
below. Since the message was addressed to me at my @lp.org address,
I suspect Mr. Chino contacted me in the hope that I would inform the
LNC about S. 1241.<br>
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Information about S. 1241 is available at
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1241/text">www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1241/text</a>. Since I
am traveling at this moment, I have not had time to read the
proposed legislation. However, given the title attached to the
proposed legislation (the "Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist
Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017"), I strongly suspect the
legislation is likely to criminalize actions that should not be
criminal, and/or will cause many needless problems for people
seeking to engage in voluntary transactions.<br>
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As always, thanks for your work for liberty. <br>
<br>
Take care,<br>
Jim<br>
<br>
James W. Lark, III <br>
Dept. of Systems and Information Engineering <br>
Applied Mathematics Program, Dept. of Engineering and Society <br>
Affiliated Faculty, Dept. of Statistics <br>
University of Virginia <br>
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Advisor, The Liberty Coalition <br>
University of Virginia <br>
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Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee<br>
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<td>Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee re: S1241.</td>
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<td>Sat, 17 Jun 2017 13:49:54 -0400</td>
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<td>Theo Chino <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:theo.chino@gmail.com"><theo.chino@gmail.com></a></td>
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<td>Jim <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:james.lark@lp.org"><james.lark@lp.org></a></td>
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<td>Pierre Ciric <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pciric@ciriclawfirm.com"><pciric@ciriclawfirm.com></a></td>
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<p>Dear Jim,</p>
<p> My name is Theo Chino and I am a Bitcoiner suing the State of
New York over the Bitlicense in the municipal court that
overseas the New York Departement of Financial Services.
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<p> I am writing you because Senator Grassley has reintroduced a
bill that was originaly writen in 2011 in effect criminalizing
Bitcoin exchanges.
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<p> I am CC my lawyer in this email because he is preparing a
letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee to kill S1241 like it
happened in 2011. He can explain the dichotomy of the two
arguments. DOJ has arrested 5 people and the same Senate
Judiciary is in charge of DOJ. </p>
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<b>Theo Chino</b><br>
<i><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://article78againstNYDFS.com/advocacy.php">https://article78againstNYDFS.com/advocacy.php</a></i>
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<pre>From: Pierre Ciric
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2017 4:41:10 PM
To: Theo Chino
Cc: Jason Brett; Jeremy Kauffman
Subject: Re: S1451 / EFF
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Following Theo's request, we are preparing a letter to the
attention of Nathan J Hallford, Senior Counsel at the Senate
Judiciary Committee, focusing on two separate issues:
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- the letter seeks to have the committee withdraw the bill
S1241 (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s1241">https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s1241</a>),
based on the legal position adopted by Theo before New York
courts that Bitcoin lacks the characteristics of a financial
product.<br>
- the letter seeks to alert the Judiciary Committee, which has
oversight authority over the DOJ, about the recent
prosecutions of Bitcoiners under the federal money transmitter
statute, especially when no other criminal charge is being
sought. The letter will argue that those prosecutions may be
baseless based on the legal position adopted by Theo before
New York courts that Bitcoin lacks the characteristics of a
financial product.
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Once the letter is ready, we will send you a draft. We are
seeking your concurrence so that we can indicate in the letter
that your foundation supports this position. We are however
not claiming that we represent you, only that you share Theo's
position.
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