United States Intelligence Agencies are always ahead in monitoring all the activities of the people living in USA after the attacks of September 11. These agencies collects data from telephone records and internet behavior. Now , a new report is hitting the internet and according to the The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal , US Intelligence agency CIA ( Central Intelligence Agency ) “is building a vast database of international money transfers that includes millions of Americans’ financial and personal data, officials familiar with the program says “. International money transfer services in USA like Western Union , and other online services will all be monitored under the section 215 of the patriot Act , which is just like the National Security Agency’s Spy Program.
Dean Boyd, a spokesman for the C.I.A said,
“The C.I.A. protects the nation and upholds the privacy rights of Americans by ensuring that its intelligence collection activities are focused on acquiring foreign intelligence and counterintelligence in accordance with U.S. laws,”
This program is basically inspired from the September 11 attacks in which the al Qaeda hijackers were able deposit about $300,000 to US bank accounts without giving a single suspicion. Up till now , the data is not searched according to the officials and they are waiting for the court order to search the records. Juan Zarate, a White House and Treasury official under President George W. Bush, said, “ The government already collects information on large transaction made in US bank accounts under the Bank Secrecy Act.” But services like Western Union is not related to banks , so that why , the program operated by CIA will collect data from Western Union.
Western Union will spend a whopping 4 percent of its revenue in 2014 to comply with Patriot Act rules. For more information about the report , you can read The New York Times.
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