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      A Western Union sign is shown in London, United Kingdom on March 19, 2022.

      Docs Reveal Hundreds of US Agencies Spying on Americans' Money Transfers

      "Ordinary people's private financial records are being siphoned indiscriminately into a massive database, with access given to virtually any cop who wants it," said the ACLU's Nathan Freed Wessler.

      Jessica Corbett
      Jan 18, 2023

      "These records paint a damning portrait of government overreach."

      That's how Nathan Freed Wessler, deputy director of the ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, and Fikayo Walter-Johnson, a former paralegal with the project, introduced over 200 documents obtained via public records request and released Wednesday on the civil liberties group's website.

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