[1]http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/14/washington/14spy.html?ei=5094&en= 203bd3d1f0cd9644&hp=&ex=1168750800&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print January 14, 2007 Military Expands Intelligence Role in U.S. By [2]ERIC LICHTBLAU and [3]MARK MAZZETTI WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 The Pentagon has been using a little-known power to obtain banking and credit records of hundreds of Americans and others suspected of terrorism or espionage inside the United States, part of an aggressive expansion by the military into domestic intelligence gathering. The [4]C.I.A. has also been issuing what are known as national security letters to gain access to financial records from American companies, though it has done so only rarely, intelligence officials say. Banks, credit card companies and other financial institutions receiving the letters usually have turned over documents voluntarily, allowing investigators to examine the financial assets and transactions of American military personnel and civilians, officials say. <snip> _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ You are subscribed as eugen@leitl.org To manage your subscription, go to [5]http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: [6]Archives | [7]Modify Your Subscription | [8]Unsubscribe [9]Listbox Email Marketing References Visible links 1. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/14/washington/14spy.html?ei=5094&en=203bd3d1f0 cd9644&hp=&ex=1168750800&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print 2. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/eric_lichtblau/... ndex.html?inline=nyt-per 3. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/mark_mazzetti/i... dex.html?inline=nyt-per 4. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/c/central_... ntelligence_agency/index.html?inline=nyt-org 5. http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip 6. http://archives.listbox.com/247/ 7. http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=125019&user_secret=59fc1126 8. http://v2.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?id=125019-59fc1126-rddgusqk 9. http://www.listbox.com/ Hidden links: 10. http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/intere</p><tableborder= ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]