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Pentagon, CIA, spying on financial records of Americans

Washington, Jan 14 (DPA) In the latest revelation about the expanding investigative reach of the US government, the New York Times reported that the US military and CIA have been spying on the banking and credit records of hundreds of Americans and foreigners.

The two agencies, which are barred by law from conducting domestic law enforcement work, have been issuing documents known as national security letters to American companies to obtain financial records on individuals suspected of terrorism or other crimes.
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After the Sep 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld directed military lawyers and intelligence officials to see how they could expand their intelligence collection inside and outside the US. They have cited a 1978 US law, The Right to Financial Privacy Act, as allowing government access to banking data using the letters.

The Times cited two examples where the military used the letters - one was a government contractor with unexpected wealth, another was a Muslim chaplain at Guantanamo Bay prison for terrorist suspects.

The practice demonstrates the fine line that democratic governments walk during wartime in guarding civil liberties - a line that many critics feel has been crossed too often since the terrorist attacks.
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‘They are moving into territory where historically they have not been authorized or presumed to be operating,’ (Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, a former lawyer at the NSA and the CIA) said.

Source: EARTHtimes.org