CIA spying on international finance and monetary system?

It is more fun criticizing


CIA Collecting Records of International Money Transfers

From Wall St. Journal online

From Leaksource blog

The current accusations of various govt:    spying  by US seems to be gathering confirmation as true.  Why is Barack Obama, a democrat allowing this?  He does not know this?  What happens to command responsibility?

CIA seems to be using the same law, the Patriot Act that NSA uses in tapping phone and internet records, in monitoring records of Western Union on wire transfers (to track funding of terrorists?)

That is there is a group of Civil Libertarians who are activitists vs this kind of govt curtailment of US liberties.

Well CIA could always invoke national security in monitoring money transfers.  Is this legal or constitutional, moral?
 


 

Could mini drones endanger civil liberties?

Social and political criticisms

            
     

We have often thought of drones as used for spying and air strikes in Afghanistan and Pakistan border, and very sinister.

I first saw use of drones in surveying and make aerial mapping efficient and cost effective.  They do not have to hire pilots and expensive full size planes and aerial cameras.  The mini drone does all the work  at fraction of cost and time

There seems to be a proliferation of mini drone and many look at them as incursion of civil liberties and human rights. What do you think?

Private mini drones at YOu Tube

Mini drones from CNN Innovation Nation

From Topix - are miniature drones all ready monitoring Americans