In an ICO editorial by Stephen McLaughlin, he questions whether the USA Patriot Act brought down Eliot Spitzer. "Whether it was that law or the Bank Secrecy Act, it's clear that surveillance isn't just for terrorists any more."....." The details of our personal lives are revealed in everyday transactions with debit and credit cards. ...Though some think the Bank Secrecy Act is triggered only by transactions of over $10,000, in fact, millions of smaller transactions are analyzed to watch for patterns of our spending which might be deemed suspicious. What's suspicious? Hard to know.
Eliot Spitzer was not immune to this ubiquitous surveillance. He was trapped in the net that envelops us all."
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Though you wouldn't think that the Left Coast would care, Spitzer's activity were the talk of the locker room this week.
It's hard to think of Spitzer as having been "trapped." He used bank surveillance all the time to bust others.
Do you know how he was caught?
They followed really small bank transfers, like in the several thousands.
Sounds like the Bank Secrecy Act to me.
He went after Martha with a vengeance!
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