This whole thing is the biggest pile of political bullshit ever.
First of all the information comes from SWIFT a Belgian operation that keeps track of worldwide financial transactions. The United States' monitoring of these transactions has been known since 2002. This information was incorporated into a United Nations Security Council report in 2002, which is available on the UN Website.
In other words the NY Times "scoop" isnt news at all. This information has been out there for years.
There is no real privacy right in the information Swift gathers, and this whole issue is a bunch of election year nonsense.
The NY Times, hot off its disgraceful performance by Judith Miller who peddled all the lies that got us into this mess is trying to look herioc to its liberal base, and of course all the right wingholes like Peter King are calling for the Times to be "investigated."
Its an election year people. Calm down.
"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"
"I stood in the courtroom like a fool."
"I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."
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