NSA demands financial records 1 million New Years 04 Vegas

[MissWaverly]

Businesses are beginning to quietly lobby to rescind some provisions of the Patriot Act. Although they can't report details because the investigations are secret, businesses say the
Patriot Act is costing them because they are subject to "fishing expeditions." They
want to return to the old days when searches required warrants because it was not
large scale like it is now. They worry that they are opening themselves to angry
consumers whose data they retain and are afraid of possible lawsuits.
I can't get the transcript from nbr.com until tomorrow but here is another article which
is better.

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar B. Goodman loves to remind visitors of Sin City's oh-so-discreet tagline: "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." But since the New Year's celebrations ringing in 2004, he has had to modify the motto. Fearing a terrorist attack, the FBI descended on casinos, car rental agencies, storage warehouses, and other Las Vegas businesses with sheaves of "national security letters" demanding financial records covering about 1 million revelers. Startled business owners who questioned the action were told they had one choice: cough up their documents or wind up in court.

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/nov2005/nf20051110_9709_db016.htm

[AtomicKitten]

1. I guess the notion of warrants is quaint.

I'm glad businesses are involved because they have the $$$ to fight the bastards. By fallout, we the little people, will benefit.

[hvn_nbr_2]

5. The notion of the constitution is quaint.

After all, it's four or five times as old as the Geneva Conventions.

[AtomicKitten]

6. all that pesky red tape ....

Don't they know this adminstration don't need no stinking warrants!?

[hvn_nbr_2]

9. Anything written with quill pens is soooo pre-9-11. n/t

[DBoon]

2. link?

please?

[koopie57]

3. well, well, well

they voted for the genius ... let them see what monster they created

[MissWaverly]

7. If I remember correctly there were just 19 hijackers

and I have never heard of terrorist activity in Nevada, I think this is "fishing."

[kenny blankenship]

4. Businesses know the details, the government knows the details, but

BUT the people are not to know the details.

Business-government in perfect partnership--why have two names for the same thing?
governess-busiment=busigov-nessiment

Since business and the government are now one, NO WONDER that being called anti-business is the same as being called Anti-American, huh?

[MissWaverly]

8. I don't think so, from what I hear businesses don't support this

They want the confidence of those who use their services, this again is Bush league, is he
going to claim that 1 million people going out to celebrate New Years in Nevada all got
calls from Osama or someone linked to a terrorist organization which he says ad infinitum
It is baloney. These are just ordinary folks like us.