Posted on 02/05/2021 8:58:04 AM PST by Heartlander
The mega-bank Bank of America has been giving private information about its customers to the federal government following the mostly peaceful protests at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, as reported by Fox News.
The report comes from Tucker Carlson’s show Tucker Carlson Tonight, which obtained exclusive documents showing that Bank of America went through the private data and transaction history of all of its more than 60 million customers. This was due to the bank coming to an agreement with the federal government to use this information to identify so-called “extremists” who were present for the Capitol protests.
As Carlson put it, this essentially meant that Bank of America, the second-largest bank in the country, was acting less like a bank and more like an intelligence agency, going through the information of even customers who were not present in Washington D.C. that day. The bank ultimately narrowed down its search criteria to any customers that made “debit card or credit card purchases in Washington D.C. between 1/5 and 1/6,” those who purchased “hotel/Airbnb RSVPs in DC, Virginia, and Maryland after 1/6,” “any purchase of weapons between 1/7 and their upcoming suspected stay in D.C.,” and any “airline related purchases since 1/6.”
When asked about the investigation, Bank of America released a statement saying that they “don’t comment on our communications with law enforcement. All banks have responsibilities under federal law to cooperate with law enforcement inquiries in full compliance with the law.”
Nevertheless, the revelation constitutes a significant breach of privacy, as well as an unprecedented level of cooperation between a private corporate entity and the federal government, since, according to Carlson, the bank is not legally obligated to turn over private information on its customers to the government.
Just another reason I won’t do business with BOA ...
This is truly frightening but totally expected.
Tattletales.
Ever wonder why they might want to get rid of CA$H transactions?
BoA are afraid.
Interesting.
the banking sector has been the governments secret police for years...
US banks have been an undeclared arm of the government for years. They have been using their resources to monitor customers, and to report their transactions to the government. This part is not news. It was for tax compliance.
This newest action changes the game from tax compliance to establishing a system for destroying the lives of customers for their political leanings. But the American public walks around with its finger up its nose and doesn’t care.
This is crossing the Rubicon.
PS. Does anyone believe that the banks are extracting information about BLM or antifa bank accounts and sending it to the government?
4th Amendment.
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
How do you find out whether they sent your information over to the Feds?
I just cancelled my credit card with BOA. Any suggestions for a good credit card with cash back?
I decided to never give BoA one second of consideration when they were giving mortgages to illegals some time back.
I don’t know about cash back, but Pentagon Federal credit union has some great cards. penfed.com
Bank of America is insuring that I will never again deal with them!
This is definitely a violation of the 4th amendment.
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