Rebreather Seizure?

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

Not long after 9/11 two FBI agents came to my dive shop and asked me to report to them any suspicious characters inquiring about buying or learning to dive a rebreather. They were afraid someone could use it to sneak up under a ship to plant a mine.

I was going to report @Wibble but he never came by.

 

[ofg-1]

In the US, you're not allowed to do business with questionable parties,.

Sooo you can't buy a used car or anything on Craigslist?

 

[mr_v]

Sooo you can't buy a used car or anything on Craigslist?

Technically, you can. But if you want to avoid unpleasant inquiries, you will run all transactions through the OFAC list, especially if you run a business or have received government warnings (like the business entity mentioned in this thread). More info:

https://ofac.treasury.gov/

Office of Foreign Assets Control - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Again, most of the stuff applies to businesses.

 

[pelagic_one]

I looked up the spelling of the word for seizing something and seizure is what I found. One of the definitions however was also the medical version of seizure.

 

[lermontov]

Not long after 9/11 two FBI agents came to my dive shop and asked me to report to them any suspicious characters inquiring about buying or learning to dive a rebreather. They were afraid someone could use it to sneak up under a ship to plant a mine.

I was going to report @Wibble but he never came by.

thats because he was in disguise

 

[kensuf]

So I too misread this and thought it was about oxtox. FWIW, I had Customs in Tampa look at me side-eyed when I returned from the Cayman Islands with two rebreathers in tow. They told me that they were military grade equipment, yadda yadda yadda. Eventually they let me pass, my take-away was the guy was trying to show his buddies how much he knew.

 

[OTF]

Not long after 9/11 two FBI agents came to my dive shop and asked me to report to them any suspicious characters inquiring about buying or learning to dive a rebreather. They were afraid someone could use it to sneak up under a ship to plant a mine.

I was going to report @Wibble but he never came by.

Eventually, after enough dive shops told them to pound sand, PADI handed over records on all divers certified under that agency.