Nazi Germany USA

Private businesses such as rental and mortgage companies and car dealers are checking the names of customers against a list of suspected terrorists,
Office of Foreign Asset Control's list (OFAC List) made publicly available by the Treasury Department, sometimes denying services to ordinary people whose names are similar to those on the list.

Businesses have used it to screen applicants for home and car loans, apartments and even exercise equipment, according to interviews and a report by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights.

The lawyers' committee has documented at least a dozen cases in which U.S. customers have had transactions denied or delayed because their names were a partial match with a name on the list, which runs more than 250 pages and includes 3,300 groups and individuals.

The lawyers' committee documented other cases, including that of a couple in Phoenix who were about to close on their first home, only to be told the sale could not proceed because the husband's first and last names -- common Hispanic names -- matched an entry on the OFAC list.

Reminds me of Nazi Germany, republican (Bush-Rove-Cheney) style.