Bank Records Secretly Tapped
'The Bush administration, relying on a presidential declaration of emergency, has secretly been tapping into a vast global database of confidential financial transactions for nearly five years, according to U.S. government and industry officials.
'Initiated shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, the surveillance program has used a broad new interpretation of the Treasury Department's administrative powers to bypass traditional banking privacy protections. It has swept in large volumes of international money transfers, including many made by U.S. citizens and residents, in an effort to track the locations, identities and activities of suspected terrorists.' (Washington Post article).
First, it was telephone records. Then bank records. Next? Internet? Cable? The fridge and your diary with the special Strawberry Shortcake cover and the two, count them, two tiny gold-plated keys on the micro-thin loop, used to lock and unlock your peach-coloured, elementary school sized lined paper? Possibly. It's like the federal version of the Saturday Night Live skit, The Guest That Would Not Leave. Or a very ugly blind date. Only, they are much, much scarier.
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2 comments:
Nice post... I can't stand Bush.
Thank you for your response.
That's what I'm talkin' about. The freedom to respond, either to dismiss my typed out thoughts as fluff or to dig in and support ... that's what true democracy and freedom want. This president has never wanted us to restart as a confident model of success and human evolution, just merely as a money making pyramid scheme that he and his buddies can rob us " like a thief in the night " [if I can misquote the King John, like he does so often]
Anywho ... recommend a read to whoever you see.
Again, thanks.
dr phibes
15:30 6.25.06 CST
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