Secret terrist probe neither secret or useful
"We're not stupid, you know," says terrorist financier, looking up from his copy of the Wall Street Journal.
The Bush administration has repeatedly bragged about its efforts and self-proclaimed success tracking terrorist financing since the September 11 attacks. The government described its quest to catch financiers in numerous public documents, reports and Capitol Hill testimonies.
"Since the New York Times and other media didn’t tell the public anything the terrorists didn’t already know and since banks already monitor suspicious transactions for the U.S. government, many question the probe’s usefulness. It’s not a cost-effective way to deal with terrorism issues,” said Victor Comras, a former State Department official and diplomat appointed by the UN Security Council to assess global anti-terrorist financing efforts.
"Since the New York Times and other media didn’t tell the public anything the terrorists didn’t already know and since banks already monitor suspicious transactions for the U.S. government, many question the probe’s usefulness. It’s not a cost-effective way to deal with terrorism issues,” said Victor Comras, a former State Department official and diplomat appointed by the UN Security Council to assess global anti-terrorist financing efforts.
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