The CIA Collects Bulk Data On International Money Transfers Under Same Law NSA Uses
The data, which includes records from companies such as Western Union Co, is part of a database of financial and personal information authorized under the Patriot Act, the newspapers reported, citing unnamed current and former government officials.
The data does not include transfers within the borders of the United States or bank-to-bank transactions, they said.
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The scope of data collection by government became public earlier this year after former National Security Agencycontractor Edward Snowden leaked documents describing how the government collects far more Internet and telephone data than previously known.
The Obama administration and many lawmakers have defended the NSA programs as crucial in protecting U.S. national security and helping thwart past militant plots. They have also said the programs are carefully overseen by Congress and the courts.
(Reporting by Lisa Shumaker; editing by Tom Pfeiffer)
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