CBS talking NSA & and privacy concerns

annabanana

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Fri Jun-23-06 06:06 AM
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CBS talking NSA & and privacy concerns

Society for Worldwide Information in Financial Transactions (SWIFT)
And the problems in privacy..
Is Joie Chen related to Moonves?

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unhappycamper

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Fri Jun-23-06 06:08 AM
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1. SWIFT is the bank spying program. n/t

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annabanana

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Fri Jun-23-06 06:10 AM
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2. That's what she said... and mentioned that the vast

data sucker is likely picking up people who haven't done anything wrong. . i.e. people who are not officially being watched... i.e. us

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unhappycamper

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Fri Jun-23-06 06:26 AM
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3. Yup. According to the NYT

article,

Officials described the Swift program as the biggest and most far-reaching of several secret efforts to trace terrorist financing. Much more limited agreements with other companies have provided access to A.T.M. transactions, credit card purchases and Western Union wire payments, the officials said.

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