Comments on: Stop The ACLU Blogburst http://stuckon-stupid.com/2006/06/29/stop-the-aclu-blogburst-17/ Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.- Einstein Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:11:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/ By: NavyHelo http://stuckon-stupid.com/2006/06/29/stop-the-aclu-blogburst-17/#comment-263 NavyHelo Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:04:17 +0000 http://stuckon-stupid.com/?p=454#comment-263 The NY Times did not blow the lid off any secret bank-tracking program. The US government announced right after 9/11 as part of the Patriot Act that they would be tracking these funds. There was a front-page story many years ago in the Times about the underground money brokers that have replaced formal banks, just because of the scrutiny placed on transfers. The UN published a request in Dec 2002 for other countries to do what the US was already doing in tracking these transfers. Cheers The NY Times did not blow the lid off any secret bank-tracking program. The US government announced right after 9/11 as part of the Patriot Act that they would be tracking these funds.

There was a front-page story many years ago in the Times about the underground money brokers that have replaced formal banks, just because of the scrutiny placed on transfers.

The UN published a request in Dec 2002 for other countries to do what the US was already doing in tracking these transfers.

Cheers

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