Author: Pete Melissakis
Date: 12:55:01 07/16/04
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On July 16, 2004 at 12:24:25, George Sobala wrote:
>On July 16, 2004 at 12:04:58, Norm Pollock wrote:
>
>>On July 16, 2004 at 10:58:51, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>In order to pay a good lawyer Bobby is willing to play against any of the top
>>>chess programs for only half a million :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>PS: I am just joking, but he might accept to play from inside of his prison cell
>>>if he gets 10 years :-)
>>>
>>>Jorge
>>
>>10 years in jail? You've got to be kidding! How did you arrive at that?
>>
>
>Like this:
>
>Department of the Treasury
>Washington
>Aug 21, 1992
>Order to Provide Information and Cease and Desist Activities
>
>FAC No. 129405
>
>Dear Mr Fischer:
>
>It has come to our attention that you are planning to play a chess match for a
>cash prize in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
>(hereinafter "Yugoslavia") against Boris Spassky on or about September 1, 1992.
>As a U.S. citizen, you are subject to the prohibitions under Executive Order
>12810, dated June 5, 1992, imposing sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro. The
>United States Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
>("FAC"), is charged with enforcement of the Executive Order.
>
>The Executive Order prohibits U.S. persons from performing any contract in
>support of a commercial project in Yugoslavia, as well as from exporting
>services to Yugoslavia. The purpose of this letter is to inform you that the
>performance of your agreement with a corporate sponsor in Yugoslavia to play
>chess is deemed to be in support of that sponsor's commercial activity. Any
>transactions engaged in for this purpose are outside the scope of General
>License No. 6, which authorizes only transactions to travel, not to business or
>commercial activities. In addition, we consider your presence in Yugoslavia for
>this purpose to be an exportation of services to Yugoslavia in the sense that
>the Yugoslav sponsor is benefitting from the use of your name and reputation.
>
>Violations of the Executive Order are punishable by civil penalties not to
>exceed $10,000 per violation, and by criminal penalties not to exceed $250,000
>per individual, 10 years in prison, or both. You are hereby directed to refrain
>from engaging in any of the activities described above. You are further
>requested to file a report with this office with 10 business days of your
>receipt of this letter, outlining the facts and circumstances surrounding any
>and all transactions relating to your scheduled chess match in Yugoslavia
>against Boris Spassky. The report should be addressed to: The U.S. Department of
>the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Enforcement Division, 1500
>Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Annex - 2nd floor, Washington D.C. 20220. If you have
>any questions regarding this matter, please contact Merete M. Evans at (202)
>622-2430.
>
>Sincerely, (signed)
>R. Richard Newcomb
>Director
>Office of Foreign Assets Control
This is the Cassius Clay Syndrom.
Once Cassius pissed off the establishment and got away with it
he was stripped of the heavyweight title and prohobited from
boxing during his prime even though he was deemed not guilty
of any wrong doing in court.
Pete
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