Punch line: Rep. Barney Frank says the Administration is ‘wasting time’ with online poker crackdown
From TheHill.com …
The Obama administration is wasting time and resources by targeting online poker sites, according to Rep. Barney Frank (Mass.), the senior Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee.
“What an incredible waste of resources.”
Frank mocked the seizures as the administration “protecting the public from the scourge of inside straights,” and lamented that the Justice Department is more focused on prosecuting online poker sites than those responsible for the mortgage crisis and financial meltdown.
“Go after the people responsible for empty houses, not full houses.”
The crackdown has disrupted the lives of the thousands of individuals that rely on online poker for part or all of their income.
That group includes not only professional gamblers but also programmers who create analytics and other tools as well as the backers who finance many of the full-time players.
The Homa Files 
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