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FINANCIAL ANTI-TERRORISM ACT OF 2001
Congressional Record via cryptome.org
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Full text of bill and debate. Also of interest is the Financial Services Committee report with Rep. Ron Paul's dissent.
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Full text: U.S. House floor debate on USA and PATRIOT Acts
Congressional Record via cryptome.org
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This includes PATRIOT and USA Acts and House floor debate.
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When Privacy Is a Credit Risk
Peter J. Wallison
AEI
August 2001
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Personal financial information can be misused if it falls into the wrong hands, but its collection is necessary for maintaining our current credit system. Although a number of blanket privacy protections have been proposed by legislators, Congress should pass targeted privacy laws that address particular harms while protecting legitimate uses of credit information.
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With a Grain of Salt: What Consumer Privacy Surveys Don't Tell Us
Jim Harper
Solveig Singleton
June 2001
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A tremendous amount of news coverage and analysis of privacy issues has been driven by surveys of consumers showing high levels of concern. For this study, the authors reviewed 23 privacy surveys to assess their real usefulness to policymakers. Polls rarely play as large a role in policymaking as they have in the context of privacy. The study explains why lawmakers are right to be skeptical of surveys as a guide to policymaking generally, and privacy in particular.
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"Privacy and Private Sector Databases"
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A survey of issues involved in debates about privacy and private-sector information gathering. A chapter from the Cato Institute's Cato Handbook for the 107th Congress.
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The Future of Money and Financial Privacy
Richard W. Rahn
October 2000
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A chapter from the Competitive Enterprise Institute's book, The Future of Financial Privacy.
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The Money-Laundering Conundrum: Mugging Privacy in the Assault on Crime?
Lawrence B. Lindsey
October 2000
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A chapter from the Competitive Enterprise Institute's book, The Future of Financial Privacy.
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End the "Bank Anti-Secrecy" Assault on Financial Privacy
Richard W. Rahn
May 2000
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In the years since the first anti-money laundering legislation was put into effect, later versions of regulations have become more burdensome on banks and financial institutions as initial regulations failed to end money laundering. In light of this latest request to broaden the Treasury Department’s powers, it is important to take a serious look at anti-money laundering legislation and enforcement, and to assess whether current regulations are cost effective and in the best interest of the American people.
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