SWIFT & oversight
2013-07-03 22:23:12.101363+02 by
Dan Lyke
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New York Times points to the SWIFT project for tracking international money transfers as the way surveillance should be done, SWIFT: Big Brother with a Booz Assist, Only without the Paperwork points out that the auditors aren't necessarily independent, and that the U.S. has made a habit of making verbal requests so that there isn't a paper trail to audit.
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