Bush announced bank tracking plan in Nov 2001

IMHO this deserves it's own thread rather than being buried.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/11/20011107-4.html

President Announces Crackdown on Terrorist Financial Network

THE PRESIDENT: The United States is pressing the war against terror on every front. From the mountains of Afghanistan to the bank accounts of terrorist organizations. The first strike in the war against terror targeted the terrorists' financial support. We put the world's financial institutions on notice: if you do business with terrorists, if you support them or sponsor them, you will not do business with the United States of America.

Today, we are taking another step in our fight against evil. We are setting down two major elements of the terrorists international financial network, both at home and abroad. Ours is not a war just of soldiers and aircraft. It's a war fought with diplomacy, by the investigations of law enforcement, by gathering intelligence and by cutting off the terrorists' money.

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Courtesy of ificandream in this thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2697689&mesg_id=2697699

I guess he is one of those "NYT-I-Hate-America" liberals. :sarcasm:

You reilluminated your avatar! I enjoy watching it mutate...

what is the big difference in this and the NY times story? The fact that he doing it with ..little to no oversight? or without warrants?