Treasury claims power to seize gold and silver -- and everything else. 1p ET Saturday, October 6, 2007 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Because of recent inquiries to GATA about the possibility of an attempt by the U.S. Government to confiscate privately held gold and silver bullion and coins and shares in companies mining the precious metals, we're republishing here the correspondence between GATA and the U.S. Treasury Department on the subject in 2005. The Treasury Department was surprisingly candid in that correspondence, asserting the U.S. Government's authority, in declared emergencies, to confiscate precious metals and to restrict ownership of mining shares -- and to confiscate and restrict every other financial asset as well. So perhaps precious metals investors shouldn't feel too paranoid. Confiscation has never seemed to GATA to be a serious or imminent threat.
But of course lately the arrogance and imperiousness of the U.S. government have far exceeded even the paranoia of precous metals investors. 12:11p ET Saturday, August 20, 2005 The U.S. Mr. Gizmos Freeware Reviews. FileHippo.com - Download Free Software. Top 100 Free Windows Downloads. Product reviews and prices, software downloads, and tech news - CNET.