Re: [privacy] U.S. Government Mining Banking Data in Anti-Terror Effort

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

On 6/23/06, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
<rMslade () shaw ca> wrote:

> a) One would generally have more sympathy for these efforts if they actually
> produced anything.

If they're secret, how do you know they haven't produced anything?

> b) Why do "security theatre" but not tell anybody about it?  (If personal privacy is
> violated, but nobody ever finds out about it, are politicians still slimy scum?)

What is security theatre?

> c) How about some reciprocal transparency?
> http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TERRORIST_FINANCING_NEWSPAPER
> S?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US

When I first read the question I thought you were speaking of
government's financial transparency - but I followed the link and I'm
not sure now...?
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