ladelfina
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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I have a hard time comprehending, especially from afar.
Apparently the NYT said recently that the US tracks financial transactions to catch terrorists.
Bush in 2001 said the US was tracking financial transactions to catch terrorists.
Is something different between now and then??
I remember opening my first independent bank account more than 25 years ago, and being aware that every xaction over $10k would get reported to the federal gov't. Not a matter of agreeing or disagreeing with the policy, but please inform me as to the "secret" part of all this.
I assumed all along, for decades, that it was common knowledge that the Feds tracked everyone's bank xactions in general.. and I'm not even one of you military/computer/security folks.
Apparently the NYT said recently that the US tracks financial transactions to catch terrorists.
Bush in 2001 said the US was tracking financial transactions to catch terrorists.
Is something different between now and then??
I remember opening my first independent bank account more than 25 years ago, and being aware that every xaction over $10k would get reported to the federal gov't. Not a matter of agreeing or disagreeing with the policy, but please inform me as to the "secret" part of all this.
I assumed all along, for decades, that it was common knowledge that the Feds tracked everyone's bank xactions in general.. and I'm not even one of you military/computer/security folks.