Two stories in today's news cycle mentioning money going OUT of U.S. . . the Syrian woman nabbed at an airport with $24K on her person and the North Carolina video taper who had just wired $100K home to Pakistan(?) . . . anyway, the outflow of funds suggests that the planning phase is over and the operation itself is upon us . . . let's keep our eyes open for any other stories that mention terrorist funds going out of the U.S. . . if really a trend, then it's trouble . . .
Nice catch! Although I think this operation started into the operational phase around June of this year. It would have been funded by OBL. I'm guessing sudden infusions of funding are for unforseen emergencies which could prevent the attack from proceeding. Likely these are logistical in nature. That's just from my own experience. If you look at the battle diaries of Patton and Bradley, they all cite problems with logistics as being the most endemic and irritating. It has always been thus.