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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the SARS weren't deleted - that's dumb. they were probably removed or restricted to prevent leaking. the whistleblower saw the 3rd report that was not restricted yet. [/quote]

It’s probably in the New Yorker article, but in this Slate article https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/05/whistleblower-leaked-damning-cohen-financial-documents-because-they-were-disappearing-from-government-financial-crimes-database.html?via=homepage_taps_top the whistleblower says that doesn’t happen.

This is a big deal. That you aren’t outraged suggest you’re part of the problem.[/quote]

Don’t really understand what happened here.  Can anyone explain? [b] How did someone know docs were missing? [/b] And if they were restricted wouldn’t there just be a kind of “you are not authorized to look at this please contact xyz if you have a need” message when someone tried to get them?[/quote]

Because the SAR that was leaked referenced the previous two SAR reports. And then when the leaker went looking for the previous two reports, they simply were not in the SAR system (as if they never existed).

Remember, only Treasury officials and law enforcement has access to this database. And only Treasury can manage the database. Therefore, someone at Treasury decide to completely remove the SAR reports from the system. The leaker's point is that this NEVER happens, even in sensitive cases. SAR reports remain in the system.[/quote]

No, SARS can be protected from general access, to keep them from being leaked or accessed in appropriately.  Case in point ... [/quote]

Yes, they can be protected, but they are not removed from the database. That was the leaker's entire point - when they are protected, they are still shown in system but cannot be accessed.

These two SAR reports for Cohen were completely removed from the system, which the leaker and many other experts said was "unheard of." Therefore, the leaker inferred that someone is fudging with the SAR system.[/quote]

Nothing I read suggests that the leaker really had any idea what he was talking about.  Since both SARS and the existence of SARS is supposed to be confidential, I'd assume that the entire record would be removed.  Given that the SARS were kept by the bank anyway, this is really some ridiculous conspiracy-theory level stuff.  FINcen has confirmed that they restrict access to SARS during ongoing investigations.  http://thehill.com/policy/finance/388216-treasury-agency-defends-longstanding-procedure-to-limit-access-to-records-such[/quote]

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