 Swift: swift.org / CIA: fas.org
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Under a post 9/11 Bush administration program, CIA agents officials have gained access to financial records from a vast international database called SWIFT, examining banking transactions involving thousands of Americans without specific warrants in each case. (This program is working in parallel with the NSA’s warrantless eavesdropping system)
The N.Y. Times has the scoop
The Washington Post has government officials confirming the story
Posted on Jun 23, 2006
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