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ufhomerj31
03-16-2013, 01:19 AM
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.

...Some privacy watchdogs expressed concern about the plan when Reuters outlined it to them.

A move like the FinCEN proposal "raises concerns as to whether people could find their information in a file as a potential terrorist suspect without having the appropriate predicate for that and find themselves potentially falsely accused," said Sharon Bradford Franklin, senior counsel for the Rule of Law Program at the Constitution Project, a non-profit watchdog group

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/13/usa-banks-spying-idINDEE92C0EH20130313

First the patriot act, Then telling us what to eat, next drones, now this.
So much for the fourth amendment.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Both political parties are out of control.

g8orbill
03-16-2013, 07:51 AM
this is very concerning

rounds
03-16-2013, 10:01 AM
Well, if the dog alerts, you must be guilty.

vaxcardinal
03-16-2013, 10:02 AM
if you have nothing to hide...

MichiGator2002
03-16-2013, 10:06 AM
if you have nothing to hide...

... and live in the Soviet Union...

JerseyGator01
03-16-2013, 09:37 PM
Not much difference between the DNC and RNC these days other than media adoration and who pays the bribes.

CORRUPTION RULES!!!!!

oragator1
03-16-2013, 09:42 PM
I said it when they passed it, the patriot act set a horrible precedent, it was the first major salvo in the war against privacy. Once we accepted that in the name of "security", whatever the next small step would be was no longer a big deal, nor he next small step behind it. Now we have a government proposing to LEGALLY track your money. Can't imagine any scenario for abuse there right?

wargunfan
03-16-2013, 09:52 PM
This is why those who believe that the Constitution is a "living" document that can be twisted and stretched to fit the agenda of the executive branch ought to have their heads examined. The Founders knew what tyranny looked like and it looks like the Patriot Act.

JerseyGator01
03-16-2013, 10:36 PM
The so-called right to privacy has been twisted and abused for decades. The Patriot Act has just gotten a lot more attention than most abuses.

brainstorm
03-17-2013, 12:21 AM
if you have nothing to hide...

Yeah, okay. I have nothing to hide but don't want the cops busting down my door nightly and searching my place.

Tasselhoff
03-17-2013, 10:05 AM
I bet there is NO way the irs could get a hold on that info.....yeah right

Lawdog88
03-17-2013, 10:46 AM
Well, if the dog alerts, you must be guilty.


And if no one saw the dog alert, but the handler said it did, well . . .