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``This plan went awry,'' the report said, after word about government action was leaked to Global Relief, apparently when a Times reporter called a charity spokesman to ask whether he knew about a plan by the U.S. government to freeze its assets.
--- "U.S. Probes Alleged (NYT) Leak on Terror Probe," by CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer, AP (via The Guardian), Friday September 10, 2004 11:16 PM

[* My note: Is it possible reporter Philip Shenon's source for his leak of US plans to freeze Global Relief's assets was former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Niell? ]

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The Sept. 11 report says that ``press leaks plagued'' most actions to freeze assets in the United States taken by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.
--- "U.S. Probes Alleged (NYT) Leak on Terror Probe," by CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer, AP (via The Guardian), Friday September 10, 2004 11:16 PM

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APRIL 4, 2002 : (TREASURY SECRETARY O'NEILL HAS LUNCHEON MEETING WITH SAFA GROUP-CONNECTED MUSLIM LEADERS OVER OP GREENQUEST RAIDS) The leaders are suspected of running more than 100 businesses and charities that have allegedly supported the Palestinian Islamic Jihad-Shikaki Faction and Hamas...Several men suspected of connections to the Safa Group have donated to political campaigns on both sides of the aisle. ---------------------- Targets of terror financing probe had political clout ; Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | December 12th, 2003 | EUNICE MOSCOSO and REBECCA CARR Posted on ‎12‎/‎12‎/‎2003 ‎11‎:‎31‎:‎22‎ ‎AM by Sabertooth