December 12, 2024
What the FBI Knows about You
By Wendi Strauch Mahoney
During the Biden administration, the FBI and the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) brazenly pushed the boundaries of privacy and the Constitution to infringe upon the rights of Americans. Much of this activity appears to have been politically motivated, with a particular focus on Trump-supporting conservatives.
An ongoing investigation by the House Judiciary Committee into financial surveillance in the U.S. reveals that these agencies have “abused [their] access to Americans’ sensitive financial information.” Alarmingly, the investigation also exposes the government’s surveillance efforts as both “warrantless” and “widespread.”
According to a Dec. 6 interim report from the House Judiciary Committee, the FBI has been using federal laws like the Bank Secrecy Act, “often without legal process,” to conduct these invasive operations. The committee reviewed over 48,000 “nonpublic documents,” revealing that the FBI has been scouring private financial data to potentially target, identify, and label certain Americans as threats to national security.
A May 1 press release from the office of Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) states that
Bank of America, Chase, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo, Citi Bank, Truist, Charles Schwab, HSBC, MUFG, PayPal, Santander, Standard Chartered and Western Union are all under investigation for ties to an FBI and FinCEN plot to spy on Americans’ private banking transactions without first obtaining a warrant.
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