(Reuters) - The
Obama administration is drawing up plans to give all U.S. spy agencies
full access to a massive database that contains financial data on
American citizens and others who bank in the country, according to a
Treasury Department document seen by Reuters.
The proposed plan represents a
major step by U.S. intelligence agencies to spot and track down
terrorist networks and crime syndicates by bringing together financial
databanks, criminal records and military intelligence. The plan, which
legal experts say is permissible under U.S. law, is nonetheless likely
to trigger intense criticism from privacy advocates.-[
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