June 22, 2006
* Government Mines Global Financial Data in War on Terror

  • New York Times, Bank Data Sifted in Secret by U.S. to Block Terror: "Under a secret Bush administration program initiated weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, counterterrorism officials have gained access to financial records from a vast international database and examined banking transactions involving thousands of Americans and others in the United States, according to government and industry officials."

  • LA Times: U.S. Mining Bank Transfer Data in Anti-Terror Effort

  • AP: U.S. Gets Access to Worldwide Banking Data
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