Have we discussed why the Surveillence State isn't using their data to arrest banksters?
Cause I'm pretty sure that's a decent question.
http://my.firedoglake.com/masaccio/2013/06/11/surveillance-of-banksters-please/
This software could be used to look at money laundering. It would make it possible to see in real time how money is moving around in the banking system. We could use it to spy on drug money, terrorist financing, and black market arms sales. With a few tweaks, we could use it to watch derivatives traders cheating people, rich people moving their money around in tax havens, Ponzi Schemes, and filthy practices like those alleged in a recent complaint against Zions Bank of Salt Lake City.
Wouldn’t you love to see the Palantir software take a look at Mitt Romney’s money in the Cayman Islands? Wouldn’t you like to know who is getting money from the Koch Brothers? Wouldn’t it be fun to see how the creepy Walton heirs use the money they hoover up from their employees? We could find out who is moving money to Mexican Drug Cartels, and what they do with it, how corrupt dictators hide the money they steal from their countries, and where they buy the guns they use to keep power.
Many of our fellow citizens tell us they have nothing to hide, so why not let the government spy on them. The bedwetters among us don’t really care about privacy matters. As between terrorists and banksters, who causes more damage to them? Banks facilitate everything they are afraid of, and a lot more, like wrecking the economy and the political process. Exposing the money flows will do a lot more to protect us against organized crime and terror and financial crime than anything else I can think of.
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