Military Expands Domestic Surveillance of Banking & Credit Records Of Americans

[kpete]

Military Expands Domestic Surveillance

By ERIC LICHTBLAU and MARK MAZZETTI
Published: January 14, 2007
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 — The Pentagon has been using a little-known power to obtain banking and credit records of hundreds of Americans and others suspected of terrorism or espionage inside the United States, part of an aggressive expansion by the military into domestic intelligence gathering.

The C.I.A. has also been issuing what are known as national security letters to gain access to financial records from American companies, though it has done so only rarely, intelligence officials say.

Banks, credit card companies and other financial institutions receiving the letters usually have turned over documents voluntarily, allowing investigators to examine the financial assets and transactions of American military personnel and civilians, officials say.

The F.B.I., the lead agency on domestic counterterrorism and espionage, has issued thousands of national security letters since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, provoking criticism and court challenges from civil liberties advocates who see them as unjustified intrusions into Americans’ private lives.

more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/14/washington/14spy.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1168722097-S4jkF0ichiMtARZgIy+IiQ

[williesgirl]

1. These fuckers have to be stopped. recommended

[Joanne98]

2. Isn't it illegal for the military to spy on Americans?

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Not anynmore

remember tehy removed posee comitatus

[rodeodance]

4. the military Pentagon seems to be slowly digging into many

aspects of our lives.
all under 'nat. security'

[The Count]

5. "EXPANDING???" Since when does military have any powers inside the US?

Did I blink and miss the posse commitatus burned too?