State Department: “We cannot make India look at you as an American”

“If Mr. Nouman’s story has a happy ending and he makes it to India with a visa in his Pakistani passport instead of his U.S. passport, he’ll find in fact that the U.S. has been putting out all efforts for more than three years to make India and every other country on earth look at him as an American. The U.S. is so intent on achieving this that they’re threatening (through FATCA’s provisions on gross proceeds withholding) to confiscate 30% of U.S. assets owned by residents of other countries if those countries don’t look at you as an American for tax & banking purposes — even if that violates their own laws, and even if you have another passport and emigrated from the U.S. long ago.”

http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2013/10/04/u-s-state-department-we-cannot-make-india-look-at-you-as-an-american-unless-theres-money-in-it-for-the-u-s-government/