Staff / TruthdigJun 24, 2006
Outgoing Secretary of the Treasury John Snow said the program to troll through the financial records of Americans without warrants is the thing "I'm proudest of It's really government at its best"
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Staff / TruthdigJun 23, 2006
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 Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 29, 2006
The Justice Dept. pored through the bank, library or telecom records of 3,501 U.S. citizens and legal residents--without a court's approval. Apparently this was legal--it's just the first time the FBI is publicly disclosing hard numbers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMar 6, 2006
The Federal Reserve finds that the average family has only about $3,800 in the bank, no retirement account and no stocks or bonds, and can't pay off a $2,200 credit card balance
Pretty grim But don't fear Tax cuts for the rich will make everything all better. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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