No-Buy list

Thanks to Schneier. I now know that in addition to the No-Fly list, there is also a No-Buy list!

What is a No-Buy list, you may ask??

Well, if you are lucky enough to make it into the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control's "Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List" (aka "No-Buy list"), American citizens are not supposed to conduct business with you. And it means all American citizens, operating any kind of business, be it restaurant, supermarket or publisher etc..

As of the current moment, the name list is only 224-pages long. And of course, a majority of the people whose names are on the list are not even in the US. The list does seems useful for anyone planning to become a professional terr0rist, as it provides the names of their potential "business" partners, advisors and suppliers :P

For more information:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/04/nobuy_list.html