BIG BROTHER

Pay a credit card debt, expect Homeland Security to investigate

A retired couple paid the $6,522 balance on their credit card. An alarm went off. A red flag went up. Their behavior was found questionable.
They didn't call a suspected terrorist on their cell phone. They didn't try to sneak a machine gun through customs. But they did learn how frighteningly wide the net of suspicion has been cast.
They were told, as they moved up the managerial ladder at the call center, that the amount they had sent in was much larger than their normal monthly payment. And if the increase hits a certain percentage higher than that normal payment, Homeland Security has to be notified.

[Adding injury to insult, the money doesn't come off the balance until the threat alert is lifted.]