A document reviewed by Reuters supposedly shows plans by the Obama administration to share Americans’ financial activities with spy agencies as they conduct terrorism investigations.
The document from the U.S. Treasury revealed plans that would give intelligence agencies, like Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, access to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) database, which is where “suspicious activity reports” are filed by financial institutions.
Reuters noted that the FBI already had access to the database, but the CIA and NSA had to make requests for information. This proposal would link the database to the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System.
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