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more on Secret U.S. Program Tracks Global Bank Transfers
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:51:15 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Peter Wayner <pcw () flyzone com> Date: June 23, 2006 1:48:23 PM EDT To: David Farber <dave () farber net>, h_bray () globe com Cc: ip () v2 listbox comSubject: Re: [IP] more on Secret U.S. Program Tracks Global Bank Transfers
There's no secret intelligence program being exposed here for the first time. Let's look at what the White House releases on its own website:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2007/treasury.html According to this budget for 2007, the administration:* "is making efforts to improve the efficiency of its collection, retrieval, and sharing of information collected under the Bank Secrecy Act..." * "requires financial institutions to report on financial transactions such as suspicious activities that may be indicative of financial crimes..." * "gathers, analyzes, and produces financial intelligence about these threats..."
Sounds like they're looking at transactions to me.The real news in the story is in the details of the implementation and the structure of the oversight. The judicial branch is out of the loop, something that has deep constitutional implications given the 4th amendment. And the system is also being designed to suck in as much data as possible, something that leads to dangerous concentrations of data.
The real story is not about the secrecy, it's about the implementation. Does it have adequate oversight? Can it defend against spies like Aldrich Ames? Is it overly complex and thus overly expensive?
-Peter On Jun 23, 2006, at 1:18 PM, David Farber wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: h_bray () globe com Date: June 23, 2006 11:33:37 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: ip () v2 listbox com Subject: Re: [IP] Secret U.S. Program Tracks Global Bank TransfersOnce again, a secret intelligence program during wartime has been exposed.Do these guys actually want us to win?
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