U.S. Treasury intercepts payment for “Police State” documentary ad campaign

In an ironic twist, the United States Treasury has intercepted a bank transaction by the producers of "Police State," the new Dinesh D'Souza documentary film that addresses the emerging authoritarian police state in America.

Doing exactly what the film itself warns is becoming normalized, the Treasury, a federal government agency, blocked a transaction to the Salem Media Group, which produced "Police State."

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, which even more ironically enough is responsible for tracking terrorism and narcotics trafficking, decided to "intercept" a $106,000 payment that was intended to purchase ads for the D'Souza film.

The Treasury Department has yet to address the delayed payment, which occurred right around the time that the nation's largest banks were failing to transfer customers' direct deposit payments through the ACH system.

"Although the Treasury Department remains silent on their actions, the delay has already begun to create waves and provide a real-time example of the content pointed out in the film," reports Reclaim the Net.

The money was eventually returned, but why was it seized in the first place?

Since the job of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is responsible for enforcing economic sanctions and monitoring assets primarily against terrorist cells and narcotics traffickers overseas, it is unprecedented for this agency division to suddenly take an interest in this local matter.

OFAC's jurisdiction usually involves foreign transactions, in other words, and not domestic affairs like something as simple and benign as purchasing advertisements for a new film release.

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