Keep in mind that the end of the Citigroup incident occurred nine months before the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center. And had Washington followed the trail of money more closely in a more timely fashion, who knows, perhaps our priorities today would be different.
Later in the article:
When Citibank was opening an office in Tel Aviv in January 2001, Israeli authorities formally questioned its ties to Al-Aqsa, prompting Citigroup to request advice from the U.S. Treasury Department," Emerson says.
That's when the yearlong delay occurred. Toward the end of that period, some of the suspicions came out through articles in the Jerusalem Post. But it didn't happen quickly enough - about $1 million had been deposited into al-Aqsa accounts for Hamas.
OK...exactly WHEN did this occur? Does anyone know any more about this?
From the article:
"When Citibank was opening an office in Tel Aviv in January 2001, Israeli authorities formally questioned its ties to Al-Aqsa, prompting Citigroup to request advice from the U.S. Treasury Department, Emerson says. "
"That's when the yearlong delay occurred. Toward the end of that period, some of the suspicions came out through articles in the Jerusalem Post. But it didn't happen quickly enough - about $1 million had been deposited into al-Aqsa accounts for Hamas."
Why would Treasury delay for a year? Remember that the FBI knew of Hamas receiving money funneled through Holy Land Foundation and InfoCOm in Dallas since 1993 and did nothing presumably upon the direction of the DOJ and Treasury department.
Also GW Bsuh also ordered the FBI not to investigate BIn Laden family and Saudi buisness operations in the US one month before 9/11. Clinton and GW Bush had ties directly to the attorneys with HolyLand and to the Saudi billionaire terror backer for Hamas Khalid Mafhouz