Elonka wrote:
] But, if the story is true, it's something that would raise a
] red flag for me. I don't have time to check the veracity now,
] but am meme-ing it for later research.

This has been well covered by a number of sources. I'm linking a story on MSNBC here. What the FBI did here is not illegal, but it might not be what Congress was thinking of when they passed this law. The point is that they asked for the ability to investigate "Money Laundering" with the idea that it might help track terrorist funding sources, but its not really limited in that way, and so they can use the capabilities in any money laundering case.