According to news, finance. us military secrets to the banks and other financial institutions to obtain, including civilians, a large number of United States citizens ' personal financial information to assist them in domestic counterterrorism, anti spy, etc. Many fear that this practice violates the laws of the United States military in domestic intelligence work carried out to strict limits.
Secret questioning civilians
United States New York Times "reported that when the need to obtain information on United States citizens financial, military intelligence services to financial institutions to issue a letter of national security letters, for a survey of personal account information, payment information and credit rating, and other detailed financial information. The newspaper said that the military issued such letters are not mandatory, but financial institutions are "voluntary" cooperation. Under investigation, in addition to military personnel and military contractor, there is nothing to do with the military, but may pose a threat to the army's civilian population.
National security letter known as United States intelligence community's most "track" one of the means of lawful investigations, which specialized in spy or terrorist investigations of mail without a judge's approval, receipt of letters of institution shall not disclose them to any person required by letter provides customer personal information, although Congress in 2006, the extension of the Patriot Act provisions, the delivery time of limitation could contact a lawyer and ask the Court to review but its private generally did not change.
Two military intelligence officials estimate that the military in the past 5 years send at least 500 letter of national security letters, the actual total may be thousands of letters. Use this method of the most famous cases in 2003 against Guantanamo prison chaplain James · Iraq spy case investigation. However the US final evidence has been found guilty, in March 2004 to abandon the allegations against Iraq, approval of his normal retirement. Iran's lawyers say they don't know Iran's financial information is confidential inquiry, the US military also did not notice them.
In addition, the US military also secret survey a Government contractor financial information, that person is found to have failed to indicate the source of huge property.
For someone else?
United States law, the military has no domestic law enforcement power, its conduct in domestic intelligence work is subject to strict limits. United States domestic intelligence and law enforcement in key sectors, the Federal Bureau of investigation. The FBI is also a major national security letters, they were in 2005 to more than 9000 letters issued a national security letter. The military does not have the FBI collects information on United States citizens of extensive privileges.
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