“At least 13 financial institutions are being investigated by Republicans in Congress for colluding with the federal government to spy on Americans after the January 6 protests looking for 'extremism' indicators.

The House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government led by top Republican Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is investigating 'collusion' between U.S. banks and federal agencies in the aftermath of the Capitol riot.

The Biden administration worked with banks to comb through 'extremism' indicators like the purchase of a religious text, like a Bible, or searches including the terms 'MAGA' and 'TRUMP,' according to shocking revelations by the committee. …”

DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/13346959

This is why our government wants digital currency and a cashless society! Absolutely disgusting.

An example of outsourcing illegal spying to the private sector to maintain a pretense of lawfulness.

I'm sure this included all purchases from firearms dealers.

I believe it included purchasing ANYTHING within 50 (100?) miles of Washington, DC!

I'm shocked I tell ya...shocked.

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Originally posted by Fly-Sig:
An example of outsourcing illegal spying to the private sector to maintain a pretense of lawfulness.

Not even a pretense. It's not lawful even done this way, because it's still ultimately the government requesting transaction-level customer records. Right to Financial Privacy Act (RFPA) sets out a number of ways to do this correctly, and none of them look like this.

This isn't how SARs work. At all.