SG> JP> Thanks to a new law called the Intelligence Authorization Act of
996,
SG> JP> the FBI now has ready access to your credit card records. Adopted
SG> JP> under the usual pretense that such legislation is needed to pursue
SG> JP> "important counterterrorist investigations," the law - quietly signed
SG> JP> by President Clinton last January - allows the Feds to snoop through
SG> JP> basic credit bureau files by obtaining authorization from the
irector
SG> JP> of the FBI or a designee. No messy court orders, search warrants or
SG> JP> subpoenas are needed.
SG> JP> My Comment: If you own one or more guns that the gubbermint don't
SG> JP> know about, you might not want to buy ammo for it with your plastic.
SG> JP> Pay cash instead.
SG>Not necessary most places I shop. All that appears on the credit card
SG>slip is the total, not the specific items or even the type. They don't
SG>know what it is I paid x amount for, only where I got it and how much I
SG>paid.
Do they scan UPC numbers at those stores? And is the credit card
swiped through the cash register or a separate machine? If the
cash register scans UPC number, and if the card is swiped
through the cash register (not a separate machine), then the
possibility for mating the UPC numbers to the credit card account
is there.
If those places where you shop use the old-fashioned way, and
emboss your card on the little "chunk-clunk" machine, and use the
2 or 3-part credit card slip that is filled out by hand, then
you're ok.
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