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| Administration to let spy agencies scour Americans' finances |
| 2013-03-14 |
| The B.O. regime is drawing up plans to give all U.S. spy agencies full access to a massive database that contains financial data on American citizens and others who bank in the country, according to a Treasury Department document seen by Rooters. The plan, which legal experts say is permissible under U.S. law, is nonetheless likely to trigger intense criticism from privacy advocates. The Federal Bureau of Investigation already has full access to the database. However, a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth... intelligence agencies, such as the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, currently have to make case-by-case requests for information to FinCEN. The Treasury plan would give spy agencies the ability to analyze more raw financial data than they have ever had before, helping them look for patterns that could reveal attack plots or criminal schemes. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 You have nothing to hide, nothing to worry about...do you comrade? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-03-14 11:33 |
| #3 Is his bundler Corzine going to be one of those "scoured"? Of course not, so f*ck off *ssholes. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2013-03-14 10:30 |
| #2 Bet it's not used for looking for terrorism. Bet you it's used for looking at the Occupy Rabble or Tea party or anyone who might (legally) upset the apple cart. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-03-14 10:26 |
| #1 Exectutive Order 12333 -- United States Intelligence Activities Part 2, para 2.4/5 (Collection Techniques & Attorney General Approval) pretty well stipulates that collection against a US Person be approved by the Attorney General [for which a warrant would be required if undertaken for law enforcement purposes], and be done essentially on a case-by-case basis. Needless to say, a deviation from EO--12333 [the existing law concerning intelligence collection against US Persons] has some pretty broad and far reaching implications. I hope the Congress is watching and listening closely. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-14 07:14 |