> Subject: > FC: Ed Markey wants ratings; FinCEN on e-surveillance; Epstein > Date: > Fri, 22 Sep 2000 21:04:14 -0400 > From: > Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <snip> > http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38955,00.html > > Feds: Digital Cash Can Thwart Us > by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > 3:00 a.m. Sep. 22, 2000 PDT > WASHINGTON -- A Treasury Department report warns that technologies > such as the Internet and electronic cash could thwart the federal > government's efforts to conduct surveillance of bank and credit card > transactions. > > The internal strategic plan predicts that technology may help law > enforcement by allowing agents to assemble ever-growing databases of > Americans' financial activities, but it can also provide more > anonymity than ever before. > > Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) prepared the > 36-page document, which was obtained by Wired News. > > It says: "The development of new technologies -- such as electronic > cash, electronic purses, Internet or smartcard based electronic > payment systems, and Internet banking -- is increasing the ability of > individuals to rapidly transfer large sums of money, and could pose a > challenge for FinCEN and other law enforcement agencies combating > money laundering." > > [...] <snip> --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
