New York Times reports program is limited to transactions of people with ties to al-Qaeda. The program is separate from other efforts to collect information from the public. Officials say the potential for the program is “enormous” and “troubling” The program has been used to help fight terrorism in the U.S., the Times reports. It is not the first time the government has been able to use the program to find out who has ties to the terrorist organization, the Times says.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2121171/u-s–secretly-tapping-bank-records.html