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FBI probes bank privacy in Watergate era spillover
Washington lawmakers press FBI on how it obtained a bank account tied to a 1972 Watergate matter. Rep. Rosenthal questions sources and bank privacy compliance under the 1978 act. The piece links to Rep. Patman’s subpoena fight and Demetracopoulos’ efforts to uncover the money trail. It notes a DIA privacy-law change and Pakistan's push against opium poppies amid U.S. diplomacy.
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Washington
FBI
Benjamin Rosenthal
D-N.y
House
Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs
Rosenthal
John Dillon
Wright Patman
D-Texas
Banking Committee
Patman
Nixon
Elias Demetracopoulos
Demetracopoulos
Wall Street
Riggs National Bank
White House
William Webster
Rep
Riggs Bank
CIA
National Security Agency
Defense Intelligence Agency
NSA
Congress
DIA
Pakistan
Muhammed Zia ul-Haqq
United States
U.S
Zia
Islamabad