Thursday, March 14, 2013

U.S. Plans to Let Spy Agencies Scour Americans' Finances

File under: The expanding surveillance state

The Obama administration 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 Reuters.

(ht Bryan Ripp)

1 comment:

  1. If indeed there is an international war on cash http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/03/the-international-war-on-cash.html ...then this step is perfectly logical.

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