TONIGHT ON "NEWSWATCH," A
MARINE BIOLOGIST WITH A WHALE
WATCHING BUSINESS FACES YEARS IN
PRISON.
YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHY THE
GOVERNMENT SAYS SHE IS A FELON.
PLUS THE INVENTORS OF AN INVOE
VATIVE PRODUCT HAVE THEIR
BUSINESS SHUT DOWN.
GOVERNMENT SAYS THEY ARE
CRIMINALS, TOO.
THEIR SHOCKING STORY.
AND THE CASE OF THE FELON
FARMERS UNDER GOVERNMENT
INVESTIGATION ALL BECAUSE OF THE
WAY THEY DEPOSITED THEIR OWN
MONEY IN THE BANK.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT ON
"NEWSWATCH." A NATION OF
CRIMINALS.
GOOD EVENING I AM MARK MARTIN.
IMAGINE GOING TO WORK LIKE ANY
OTHER DAY ONLY TO FIND THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS CHARGED
YOU WITH A CRIME EVEN IF YOU HAD
NO IDEA YOU DID ANYTHING WRONG.
THAT IS HAPPENING TO MORE AND
MORE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES
INCLUDING THE WOMAN YOU ARE
ABOUT TO MEET, NANCY BLACK, A
RESPECTED MARINE BIOLOGIST, PAUL
STRAND HAS THE STORY AS WE BEGIN
A SPECIAL "NEWSWATCH" PROGRAM "A
NATION OF CRIMINALS."
ALL ON THE EDGE THERE ARE QUITE
A FEW WHALES.
NANCY IS A RESPECTED
AUTHORITY ON WHALES, NOW SHE
COULD FACE YEARS IN PRISON FOR
MOVING BLUBBER.
BLACK HAS LOVED WHALES SINCE SHE
WAS A KID AND USING MUCH OF THE
PROFIT TO PAY FOR HER OWN WHALE
RESEARCH.
HER ATTORNEY, LAWRENCE BEAGLE.
MOST OF THE WORK SHE HAS DONE
FOR THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN
FREE.
PART OF HER
GOVERNMENT-SANGSZED WORK WAS TO
STUDY THE HABITS OF WHALES.
A CHARGE THAT COULD LAND HER IN
PRISON.
I AM HUMILIATED AND HARD TO
EXPLAIN HOW YOU COULD GET
INVOLVED.
SHE HAD SEEN WHALES RIP UP
PARTS OF A WHALE.
SHE IS IN THIS AREA OF THE
KILLING FIELD WHERE ALL OF THIS
IS FLOATING IN THE OCEAN.
SHE MOVED IT EIGHT FEET SO SHE
COULD VIDEO-TAPE THEM.
IT WAS THEIR OWN PREY.
IT WASN'T LIKE I WENT TO THE
STORE. SHE THOUGHT WHAT SHE
WAS RECORDING WAS SO
SIGNIFICANT, SHOUWANG CHURCHED
IT AT CONFERENCES.
THEN THE GOVERNMENT STEPPED IN.
FOR THIS RESPECTED SCIENTISTS,
IT WAS AN INDEED HUMILIATING.
IT IS SUCH A RIDICULOUS
STORY, I DIDN'T HARM A WHALE OR
NOTHING I THOUGHT WAS WRONG,
NOTHING.
FELLOW WHALE RESEARCHER JIM
SCARF.
SHE HAS A PERMIT FROM THE VERY
GOVERNMENT NOW PROSECUTING.
THEY HAVE MORE, LYING TO A
FEDERAL OFFICE. NANCY BLACK
WAS DOING VIDEO-TAPING AND NOW
LED TO A CASE THAT COULD PUT HER
IN JAIL FOR UP TO 20 YEARS.
HER COMPANY OFFICERS VIDEOS
AFTER THE TRIPS SO THEY COULD
RELIVE THEIR ENCOUNTER WITH
WHALES.
MOST OF THE TIME IS EDITED OUT.
ONE DAY THE CAPTAIN HAD THE
CUSTOMERS WHISTLING AT A
FRIENDLY WHALE.
THAT DIDN'T SIT WELL WITH
NANCY.
WIFE CALLED FEDERAL
AUTHORITIES TO FIND OUT IF
WHISTLING AT WHALES WAS A
PROGRAM.
AN OFFICIAL SAID DID SHE
VIDEO-TAPE.
BACK THEN SHATTERED HER LIFE.
SWAT-LIKE AGENTS BURST INTO HER
HOME.
EVERYBODY ARMED.
ALL WEARING BODY ARMOR.
ONE YELLED OVER AND OVER,
WHERE IS THE TAPE?
THIS IS ALWAYS ON MY MIND, IF
I HEAR A CAR PULL UP IN FRONT OF
MY HOUSE, MY STOMACH DROPS.
BLACK HAD GIVEN NOAH
INVESTIGATORS THE EDITED
VERSION.
WHAT THEY WANTED WAS THE RAW,
UNEDITED TAPE.
THEY CHARGED HER WITH LYING TO A
INVESTIGATORS.
THIS CHARGE OF LYING IS ONE THE
GOVERNMENT IS USING MORE AND
MORE WHEN IT CAN'T GET SOMEONE
TARGETED ON OTHER CHARGES.
NOT EVERYONE IS ON BLACK'S SITE.
NANCY BLACK, [LAUGHTER]
GUILTY AS THEY COME.
TERRIBLE ABUSES.
I WOULD LIKEN IT TO PAYING FOR A
GUIDED TOUR AT THE ZOO AND YOUR
GUIDE HAS A BASEBALL BET BEATING
THE ANIMALS.
MANY ARE BEHIND HER AND
AFRAID FOR THEIR CAREERS.
MANY FEEL THREATENED BY THE
LOSS OF THEIR JOBS IF THEY
COMMUNICATE WITH NANCY.
THE PROSECUTOR SAID HE
COULDN'T COMMENT.
IF YOU BREAK A REGULATION, YOU
COULD FACE HEAVY PENALTIES,
ANALYST CALL
OVERCRIMINALIZATION.
IN NANCY BLACK'S CASE, IF SHE
WAS FOUND GUILTY...
SHE WOULD GO TO JAIL FOR 20
YEARS.
CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST HER
GO UP TO $700,000 IN FINES.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MOVE
ON.
I HAVE SPENT MONTHS WASTED, NOT
ABLE TO WORK.
I HAVE GONE TO THE DOCTOR,
DEPRESSED.
IT IS OVERWHELMING.
SEEMS TO ME OUR GOVERNMENT
OUGHT TO BE GOING OVER REAL
CRIMINALS AND NOT SCIENTISTS
LIKE NANCY BLACK.
PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS.
NANCY BLACK'S FUTURE IS STILL
ON HOLD.
NANCY IS NOT ALONE.
MORE AMERICANS ARE FINDING
THEMSELVES ON THE WRONG SIDE OF
THE LAW FOR SOMETHING THEY HAD
NO IDEA WAS A CRIME.
YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT NANCY
BLACK BY GOING TO CBNNEWS.COM.
COMING UP, A COUPLE WHOSE
THRIVING BUSINESS CAME TO A
SCREECHING HALT BECAUSE THE
GOVERNMENT TOOK ISSUE WITH AN
INGREDIENT THAT COULD BE USED TO
MANUFACTURE AN ILLEGAL DRUG.
FUNERALS ARE SO EXPENSIVE.
I HOPE LARRY CAN AFFORD IT.
I KNOW. THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD I GOT A POLICY
THROUGH THE COLONIAL PENN PROGRAM.
DO YOU THINK THEY HAVE COVERAGE FOR ME...
SOMETHING THAT'LL FIT INTO MY BUDGET? YES.
YOU CAN GET PERMANENT COVERAGE FOR LESS THAN 35 CENTS A DAY.
YOU WON'T HAVE TO TAKE A PHYSICAL
OR ANSWER ANY HEALTH QUESTIONS.
PLUS, YOUR COSTS WILL NEVER GO UP,
AND YOUR COVERAGE WILL NEVER GO DOWN.
IF YOU'RE BETWEEN 50 AND 85,
YOU CAN GET GUARANTEED ACCEPTANCE LIFE INSURANCE
FOR LESS THAN 35 CENTS A DAY.
THERE ARE NO HEALTH QUESTIONS OR MEDICAL EXAM.
YOU CANNOT BE TURNED DOWN BECAUSE OF YOUR HEALTH.
SO CALL ABOUT THE COLONIAL PENN PROGRAM,
AND ASK ONE OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES
ABOUT A PLAN THAT MEETSYOURNEEDS.
I'M DEFINITELY GONNA CALL ABOUT THE COLONIAL PENN PROGRAM.
THE COUPLE YOU ARE ABOUT TO
MEET HAD FOUND A GREAT
RETIREMENT BUSINESS WITH AN
INNOVATIVE PRODUCT THEY INVENTED
UNTIL THE DEA GOT INVOLVED.
NOW THEY ARE OUT OF BUSINESS
EVEN THOUGH THEY DID NOTHING
WRONG.
HERE IS PAUL STRAND ONCE AGAIN.
WHAT HAS
HAPPENED
TO
THESE
PEOPLE FROM
SARATOGA,
CALIFORNIA
SHOWS HOW OVERCRIMINALIZATION
CAN BE TO A BUSINESS.
IT CAN KILL IT.
BOB AND MARGEORY ARE BIG
MOUNTAIN CLIMBING FANS.
THEIR GROUP WAS GOING TO TACKLE
VOLCANOS IN MEXICO.
WALLACE, AN ENGINEER AND
AUTOENBURG A CHEMIST CAME OP
WITH POLAR PURE.
THERE IS ENOUGH IODINE TO
TREAT 500 GALLONS.
IT GAVE THIS 89 YEAR OLD
SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE TO DO IN
HIS RETIREMENT YEARS.
ONLY ALTERNATIVE IS TO BUILD
A FIRE AND BOIL YOUR WATER.
WHEN THE METH HIT, THEY HIT
POLAR PURE HARD.
DEA WROTE AN 18-PAGE REGULATION
FOR ONE PURPOSE, CONTROLLING
POLAR PURE.
A FORMER UNDERCOVER OFFICER
WASN'T SURPRISED.
WHAT I SAW WAS A DYNASTY THAT
HAD BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH
OVERREGULATING.
THEY SAID THEY REQUIRE DEA TO
PAY $1,200 FEE.
ONE MORE DEMAND, ANYONE WHO
SOLD ANYONE A BODY OF POLAR PURE
HAD TO TRACK HAPPENED.
ALL THAT SEEMED SURE TO CRUSH
THE BUSINESS.
WALLACE SOLDIERED ON MAKING
UNTIL LAST YEAR DEA APPROACHED
HIS BUSINESS.
TOLD ME HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO
SELL ME IODINE.
BOB AND MARGEORY WERE
COLLATERAL DAMAGE IN THE WAR ON
DRUGS.
THEY RECOGNIZE THEY ARE
PUTTING US OUT OF BUSINESS.
WE MAYBE COLLATERAL DAMAGE,
SO ARE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD
USE THIS.
IT IS NO LONGER ABOUT
PROTECTING PEOPLE IN SOCIETY.
MORE HARMFUL TO PEOPLE LIKE BOB
AND MARGEORY.
HERE IS A CASE IN WHICH IT
TOOK A PRODUCT USEFUL TO
CLIMBERS ALL OVER THE WORLD AND
PUT IT OUT OF BUSINESS. THE
METH MAKERS CAN GO ONLINE AND
PURCHASE IT FOUR TIMES CHEAPER.
METH HEADS WOULDN'T BOTHER ME
WHEN THEY CAN GET IT FOUR TIMES
CHEAPER.
HE WOULDN'T EXEMPT POLAR
PURE.
NEARBY PALO ALIOTO, CALIFORNIA,
ALMOST LANDED A GRANDMA
SUFFERING FROM CANCER FROM
KEEPING THESE BUSHES BELOW TWO
FEET TALK, SPECIFICALLY FROM
KEEPING TRAFFIC FROM BLOCKING
BUSHES.
CBN DROVE ALL
OVER PALO
ALIOTO.
KAY
LIVED HERE FOR YEARS.
SOME ANONYMOUS PERSON COMPLAINED
ABOUT
THEM.
THE
CITY WARNED HER TO CUT THEM
OR PAY A FINE.
THEY REFUSED AND THE SITUATION
ESCALATED.
THEY THREATED HER WITH JAIL
TIME, ALL FOR FAILURE TO
PRUNE.
PAUL
ROSENBURG WROTE A BOOK "ONE
NATION UNDER ARREST."
I HAVE THESE GUYS THAT ARE
DOING HEDGE PATROL.
TAKE THAT PERSON AND PUT HIM ON
A BANK ROBBERIES PLEASE.
EXPERTS WERE ALL BREAKING THE
LAW WITHOUT KNOWING IT.
A RECENT BOOK SUMMED IT UP AS
THREE FELONIES A DAY. BY THE
TIME I LEAVE HERE, I AM PROBABLY
GOING TO BREAK TWO OR THREE LAWS
AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT.
WHEN WE COME BACK, HOW THIS
DAIRY FARMER INADVERTENTLY BROKE
THE LAW BECAUSE OF HOW HE
DEPOSITED HIS LEGALLY EARNED
MONEY IN THE BANK.
John is 42.
Mortgage.
Married.
Two great kids.
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THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US,
SOME 4500 LAWS THAT CAN NOW SEND
YOU TO PRISON.
THE MOST UNLIKELY PEOPLE CHARGED
WITH CRIMES FOR BREAKING LAWS
THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EXIST.
IN OUR LATEST STORY, PAUL STRAND
TELLS US ABOUT FARMERS IN
MARYLAND THAT COULD GO TO PRISON
JUST HOW THEY DEPOSITED THEIR
CASH IN THE BANK.
RANDY HAS BEEN FARMING THIS
MARYLAND LAND FOR THREE DECADES.
I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS 31
YEARS.
HE SELLS HIS CREAMERY BY THIS
STORE AND FARMER'S MARKETS AND
PULLS IN CASH MOST WEEKENDS.
THIS CHRISTIAN FARMER WOULDN'T
HAVE TIME TO COMMIT CRIMES.
HE WAS STUNNED TO FIND OUT THAT
FEDERAL OFFICIALS WERE TARGETING
HE AND HIS WIFE WERE TRYING TO
NAB THE THE CHARACTERS, THE BANK
SECRECY ACT.
THIS WAS DESIGNED TO GO AFTER
DRUG RUNNERS AND TERRORISTS AND
LAUNDER THEM THROUGH THE BANKS.
BANKS WERE REQUIRED TO REPORT
DEPOSITS OVER $10,000.
THEY SALT THEIR CASH IN
VARIOUS BANKS.
SO THE FEDS TURNED AROUND AND
MADE THAT A CRIME.
MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE DEPOSIT
THAT MUCH COMPLETELY LEGALLY
LIKE CHECKING, COLLEGE AND
SAVINGS
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
IF THE DEPOSITS ADD UP TO
MORE THAN $10,000, YOU ARE
VIOLATING THE LAW.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE MORE THAN
$10,000 TO DEPOSIT, WE, THE BANK
DON'T HAVE TO FILE THIS REPORT.
FEDERAL AGENTS SHOWED UP AT
THE FARM WITH CHILLING NEWS.
WE SEIZED YOUR ACCOUNT,
$70,000.
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, ALL YOU
ARE DOING IS DAIRY FARMING AND
SELL YOUR INCREASINGLY POPULAR
PRODUCTS NEVER TRYING TO HIDE
YOUR MONEY, THEN YOU FIND OUT,
THAT IS A CRIME, THE WAY YOU PUT
YOUR MONEY IN THE BANK.
SALERS LAWYER HAS A
COMPARISON TO DESCRIBE WHAT
HAPPENED.
IMAGINE IF THE GOVERNMENT WAS
TELLING THE FARMER THEY NEED EED
INFORMATION.
THEY WANTED TO KNOW HOW MANY
CATTLE WERE BEING MILKED.
FARMER BEGINS TO MAKE SURE HE
NEVER HAS MORE THAN 100 CATTLE.
THEY SEIZE YOUR CATTLE.
NOT ONLY THAT, AS A CIVIL FORFIT
WHICH YOU ARE, WE ARE GOING TO
KEEP HALF YOUR CATTLE.
SALERS FORFEITED A LOT OF
CASH.
ALMOST $30,000.
I DIDN'T THINK THEY COULD DO
THAT AND THROW ME IN PRISON.
THEY COULD HAVE.
THEY COULD DO IT.
ME AND MY WIFE.
ME GOING TO JAIL WAS ONE THING,
THROWING HER IN JAIL FOR
DEPOSITING MONEY IN THE BANK.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
BANK SECRECY ACT WAS USED ON
ANOTHER FARMING FAMILY IN
MARYLAND.
FEDS SEIZED $90,000 OF THEIR.
TAILERS DIDN'T FIGHT BACK AND
LOST $45,000, HALF THE AMOUNT.
CAMINAR WAS BANK TELLERS
UNINTENTIONALLY LEADING FARMERS
ASTRAY.
LOOK, I HAVE TO FILL OUT
PAPER WORK IF IT IS MORE THAN
$10,000.
WHO WANTS MORE PAPER WORK.
NO ONE QUESTIONS THE MONEY
THEY DEPOSITED WAS EARNED IN
LEGAL WAY.
THE GOVERNMENT SEIZED AND KEEPS
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
A BALTIMORE CITY PAPER
REPORTER FOUND OUT ABOUT THE
CASE AND TOLD SOURS THIS.
LOOK, I AM GOING TO DO THIS
STORE ANY WAY.
AFTER THAT THE U.S. ATTORNEY
WASN'T ACCOMMODATING.
NOW THAT THE CLIENT HAS TALKED
TO THE PRESS I AM GOING TO MOVE
FORWARD.
WE HAVE A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF
THE GOVERNMENT USING ITS HEAVY
HAND GOING AFTER HARDWORKING
AMERICANS, IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT AND
COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT, THEY ARE
GOING TO HAMMER YOU EVEN MORE.
PAUL ROSENBERG SEES THIS SORT OF
THING HAPPEN ALL THE TIME TO
PEOPLE WHO STAND UP AGAINST THE
GOVERNMENT.
THEY FAIL TO BALANCE IN FRONT
OF THE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES IN
WAYS THAT MAKE THE GOVERNMENT
AUTHORITY SAY I AM GOING TO TAKE
YOU DOWN A PEG.
WHEN THERE IS A SMALL
BUSINESSMAN, THERE IS REACTION
BY THE BUREAUCRAT TO SAY I'LL
SHOW YOU WHO IS BOSS.
THE TAYLORS AND THE SOURCE
THOUGHT IT WASN'T GOOD TO TALK
TO THE PRESS.
WE FOUND OUT SINCE THAT,
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THIS
IS HAPPENED TO.
THEY CRAWL IN A HOLE AND DON'T
SAY ANYTHING AND THE GOVERNMENT
CAN GET AWAY WITH IT.
U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN
MARYLAND WOULDN'T GRAND CBN NEWS
AN INTERVIEW.
SEIZURE ORDER MAYBE APPROVED BY
A FEDERAL JUDGE.
THE MOTIVE FOR STRUCTURING IS TO
CONCEAL MONEY TO EVADE TAXES ON
MONEY EARNED LAWFULLY.
THE DEFENDANT MUST PRESENT THE
CASE.
U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAID THE
FARMER'S COULD HAVE ASKED FOR A
HEARING, BUT THE DEFENDANTS
ENTERED INTO AGREEMENTS AFTER
CONSULTING WITH THEIR LAWYERS.
LIZ SAYS IT IS A TRAGEDY SMALL
FARMERS ARE HARASSED.
THEY ARE PROVIDING ECONOMIC
PROSPERITY, CREATING JOBS, THEY
ARE PRODUCING SOMETHING FOR THE
AMERICAN ECONOMY AND THEY ARE
THE ONES TARGETED.
THIS HOME SCHOOLING MOTHER
SAYS LITERALLY ANY AMERICAN
COULD BECOME A TARGET.
IT IS SO BROAD NOW THEY CAN
CRIMINALIZE ANYONE.
ROSENWIG AGREES.
GIVEN HOW BROAD THE SCOPE OF
LAW IS TODAY, IN EFFECT
EVERYBODY COMMITS A CRIME AT ONE
POINT OR ANOTHER IN THE COURSE
OF A MONTH.
WITH THE AMOUNT OF LAWS AND
REGULATIONS, WASHINGTON HAS
TURNED OUT BARE CRIMINAL
PENALTIES.
WHAT IS SO BAD ABOUT A STATUTE
LIKE THE ONE INSNARED INNOCENCE
LIKE SALERS AND TAYLORS, IT
UNDERMINES CITIZENS OF BELIEF IN
THE LAW.
WHEN THEY DO THIS TO FARMERS,
THEY'LL DO IT TO EVERYBODY.
FARMERS WORK HARD EVERYBODY AND
TRY TO DO EVERYTHING RIGHT AND
DO ONE LITTLE THING WRONG, THEY
COME IN WITH FEDERAL AGENTS AND
THREATEN TO PUT YOU IN JAIL.
IT IS NOT AMERICA, I DON'T
THINK.
PAUL STRAND, CBN NEWS,
REPORTING FROM SOUTH MOUNTAIN
CREAMERY, MIDDLETOWN, MARYLAND.
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John is 42.
Mortgage.
Married.
Two great kids.
He wants to protect his family with a $500,000
Term Life Insurance policy.
What do you think it'll cost him?
A hundred dollars a month?
Sixty?
Forty?
Actually none of the above.
John can get a $500,000 policy -from a highly
rated insurer - for under $25 a month.
His Secret?
SelectQuote.
SelectQuote is impartial.
They'll search the pick of insurers like these to
ve you a choice of your best prices.
SelectQuote has great savings on Term Life for
women, too.
John's wife Carrie, can get a $500,000 policy for
under $16 a month.
SelectQuote has helped make Term Life Insurance
affordable for hundreds of thousands of people since 1985.
How about you?
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THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT
FOR OUR SPECIAL PROGRAM, "NATION
OF CRIMINALS."WE INVITE YOU TO
GO TO OUR WEBSITE CBNNEWS.COM
AND YOU WILL SEE MANY AMERICANS
WILL THEIR LIVES SPENT UPSIDE
DOWN AND STILL FACE THE
POSSIBILITY OF JAIL.
YOU CAN SEE THEIR STORIES AN
TELL US WHAT YOU THINK ON
CBNNEWS.COM.
HOPE YOU JOIN US NEXT TIME.
GOOD NIGHT.
