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Nuns Find Out Their Monastery Ended Up On Anti-Terrorism List

Posted: 11:22 am EST February 9, 2006

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. -- Some nuns from Pasco County said they somehow ended up on a list of possible terrorists and their assets were frozen without explanation.

Sister Jean Abbot of the Holy Name Monastery said the organization's checks suddenly started bouncing. She then found out the federal government had placed the monastery on an anti-terrorism list and had frozen its account.

The American Civil Liberties Union said this was just another example of the dangers of the Patriot Act.

"A large part of the idea of government and freedom in this country is the right to simply be left alone and, nowadays, increasingly your right to be left alone is being undermined," said Mike Pheneger, ACLU.

The bank apologized and credited back the $400 in fees the monastery had been charged for its 20 returned checks.
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