[Brilliant]

This is not news.

[observer5]

And how would have program uncovered 9/11 plot --- NOT

They want to get a hold of the "Money Laundering" problem, BUT THEY WILL NOT GO AFTER THE VERY SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM ==== THE DRUG USERS!

BS BS BS!

[cardinal4]

And this is one of the reason why they do it

[Oystir]

I didn't know the Patriot Act was a secret.

[baseball_fan]

"Viewed by the Bush administration as a vital tool, the program has played a hidden role in domestic and foreign terrorism investigations since 2001 and helped in the capture of the most wanted Qaeda figure in Southeast Asia, the officials said."

Isn't this what we have Congressional intelligence committees for, not to bring everything into the open so our enemies know what we're doing?

[ClaudiusI]

I can hear Feingold salivating from here...

[bkepley]

This oughta bump Bush's poll numbers up a couple of more points.

[hermgem]

In true style of foretelling terrorists to use different channels when making money transfers the NYT makes certain that the terror underground is aware of the possibility of getting caught.
It's the NYT's contribution towards leveling the playing field between the USA and Osama's Islamist's.

[ruschpa]

Oh man... not this cr@p again. Here we go again.

[coconutt2000]

"Achmed?"

"Yes Khalid?"

"Did you see the New York Times report on how the infidels are tracking our money?"

"Yes Khalid. I sent a courier with a note to the financier, and he wrote back and assured me that he will route the transfers through a firm in the Bahamas and have the money laundered."

"That is good Achmed."

"It is easy. The infidel newspapers do all the hard work. All I have to do is sit here and write out notes."

"Achmed?"

"Yes Khalid?"

"How come you just don't call the financier?"

"Oh - that! Because the New York Times revealed that the infidels were monitoring our phone calls."

"Damn those infidels!"

"Thank Allah for the New York Times Khalid. Without them we'd have no secrets that weren't known to the infidels."

"Praise Allah for the New York Times."

"Indeed, praise Allah for the New York Times."

[FunkyZero]

This is actually pretty common knowledge among us who work in financial institutions... especially those of us involved in information systems. It is a requirement.

[airborne]

The Bush Administration is fighting the terrorists, and hitting them where it hurts.

Now we need to end our dependence on foreign oil, so the Arabs can't pay for jihad with our own money.

[bpjam]

These P.O.S.s refuse to allow us to have ANY secrets in the war of terror. These guys should be sent to Gitmo and given a cell. If it is more important for them to 'inform the public' and by doing so compromise our ability to 'protect the public' then I consider them enemies of the state.

[Raycpa]

I have a securities license. One of the requirements is continuing education. One of the main topics is identifying unussual activity that needs to be reported. This is very, very old news and certainly not secret, except for the investigation s themselves.

[jackv]

bttt

[thinking]

Good! excellent! well done!

[rwrcpa1]

I just wrote my Texas Senators and my Congressman and asked them to call for an investigation into who leaked this story and seriously consider charging the NY Times editors with treason.