Something that is slapped together. So its being put together by people right there. I dont get the sense that this is being imported. To the extent that im wrong that this is something more sophisticated my sense is this has happened some time ago. Once the oil is refined you have testified that the assad regime is purchasing some of the oil. Some of it is being smuggled into the southern regions of turkey where you said the price of gasoline is higher than we would expect here. If you are purchasing barrels of oil at 30 or so a barrel you have reason to know this may be illicit oil. Are we doing enough as treasury of the United States to determine who the middle men are that are purchasing oil at 30 a barrel and make sure we are following that money into what accounts . That is exactly what they are doing, identifying the middle men. That is what i discussed more explicitly in my testimony. There is also a significant more diplomatic push to get the turks to do more in southern turke
We cant hear you. Here it comes. Yeah, for each question identify the organization. Hello. Identify yourself and your position. Im a humble tax reporter and analyst. There three of us. Im not an expert about Social Security, but my understanding is that surpluses of the program for a given year invest in a trust fund and treasury bonds. They have a low yield. There was a plan to privatize Social Security. It would seem to me that having a slightly more normal its endless. For example, raisings and eliminating the tax cap. We had to pick and choose which to include. Especially in the trade off, we collected only 12 of what is commonly proposed for Social Security. So we did not test the options that would invest the money differently. That would be a great question to ask. Yes . A microphone over here. Im hannah weinberger. I have a methodology question. How did you get people to Pay Attention to these Detailed Survey questions that i was looking in the report and it looks like it took
I think breaking down those boundaries between different parts of government is very much something that weve seen and its translated into legislative action as well. Asset freezing recall, legislation that many countries have adopted. So a holding measure. E. U. Has done that. Switzerland has done that. Just after arab spring. A list of these persons, freeze their assets now. It is not a judicial freeze in the context of judicial action. It is an administrative freeze giving the countries time to prepare their judicial action. I think that sort of innovative legislation is happening. The civil forfeiture legislation that i think in america has been around for a very long time but in many other countries is still relatively new. You see that i wouldnt say proliferating but you see countries taking up those sort of legislations, so what we call nonconviction based legislation where you connect the asset to a crime. Typically on the balance of probabilities. Wont go into too many details
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And fighting the winter blues in australia, sidneys famous landmarks are lit up for the festival of light. But first the army general who is now in charge in thailand has summoned the former Prime Minister as well as political opponents for talk and shinawat is banned from traveling abroad and we have the story from bangkok. Reporter once the stage for the Antigovernment Movement in bangkok taken down and removed the morning after the military coup. The protesters left thursday night, most felt their effort of more than six months paid off because of the goal of removing the current government had been reached. And he goes by one name went to work as normal on friday. She is relieved the army is in control. Translator personally i support koodata and if they didnt do it the country would turn into a message there is a compromise to make the situation better. Reporter 100 people from both sides of the political divide have been summoned by rulers to discuss the situation and its a spot