To wire money, just submit instructions to your bank. Youâll need to provide information about the recipientâs bank account, and you often have to use a special form provided by your bank (some banks let you do all of this online, while others require a signed form). For more details, see How to do a Bank Wire.
The Patriot Act consists of a large number of provisions that enhance security at the expense of privacy and due process, many (but not all) of which are troubling from the standpoint of civil liberties. These provisions are no longer as necessary as they were in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
âCongress must repeal the Patriot Actâs Section 215 provision that is used as the justification for the programâs legality,â he wrote. On Thursday, however, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals said the NSA program was already illegal, since it exceeded the scope of the Patriot Actâs Section 215. Replacing it with another means for the agency to get peopleâs phone records would actually just empower the NSA, Paul said.