So squeaky-clean former NY Governor Eliot Spitzer got caught in some hanky panky. Spitzer, his squeaky-clean image now, uh, less than squeaky clean, did the right thing: he owned up to it, and stepped down.
Politicians and sex. Same old story, right? But what I find to be the big story here is the way Spitzer and others were caught: with financial tracking software, some of it possibly made by Cary’s SAS Institute.
FinCEN is the federal government’s tool to combat money laundering. Its supposed to cripple the ability of terrorists and drug lords to launder money. While Spitzer is a hypocrite and (not very smart with his money, I might add), I don’t think anyone would accuse him of being a terrorist or drug lord.
These tools that are touted for keeping us safe from the real dangers of society are being used against average joes. Or johns, in this case.