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Originally posted by taxwonk
I don't suppose it's occurred to you that the story being reported was not that the Feds were looking at Al Queda's banking records, but that they were looking indiscriminately at anybody's banking records they chose? I don't know about you, but I don't think it's any of Uncle Sam's fucking business what I pay for cable every month, and I object to any activity that allows them to ostensilby do just that without having to tell me about it.
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These were international banking transactions. There is no expectation of privary there. All jurisdictions involved in an international transaction can do all the inspecting that they want. This goes for phone calls, financial transactions and any goods shipped out or in of the United States.
