Rep.
Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) recently revealed that federal investigators asked
financial institutions to dig through customer data using search terms such as
“TRUMP” and “MAGA” in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
According
to the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government,
the request to rifle though customers’ private information came from the
Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or “FinCen.” It’s
never a good sign when your government, while purporting to look for a crime to
prosecute, commits one (or more) itself. It’s even worse when it does so by
trampling on citizens’ Constitutionally protected rights.
Jordan also claimed that FinCen, in passing along its analysis of alleged “Lone Actor/Homegrown Violent
Extremism Indicators,” cautioned financial institutions to look for purchases such as “bus tickets, rental cars, or plane
tickets, for travel to areas with no apparent purpose” or “the purchase of
books (including religious texts) and subscriptions to other media containing
extremist views.” Covering all bases, FinCen also instructed the financial
institutions to look for terms like “Small Arms,” “Cabela’s,” “Gander
Outdoors,” and “Dick’s Sporting Goods,” among many others.
So much for privacy, and, as Jordan noted, “protected
political and religious expression.”
Plan to vote for President Trump in
the upcoming presidential election? The feds could be combing through your
finances, you potential Lone Actor/Homegrown Violent Extremist! And you better
pray you didn’t purchase a Bible recently…or there might well be hell to pay!
Bought anything at Cabela’s, Bass Pro
Shops, Gander Outdoors, or Fleet Farm lately? You just might be a terrorist! Like
to hunt? Terrorist! Like shooting sports? Terrorist! Have a camper? You are
likely a threat to your fellow citizens, or, worse yet, to your government! Buying
a fishing rod or backpack? Problematic at best! Enjoy the outdoors, do you
rube? The feds may be watching you!
Been to Mount Rushmore lately? Might
want to pay with cash for awhile…terrorist!
The United States won the Cold War
under Reagan. And is becoming the Soviet Union under Biden.
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