Monday, March 1, 2010

Why Did Europe Kill The Terrorist Finance Tracking Program,

European Parliament

Swift Rebuke -- Washington Post Editorial

THE PROGRAM has been credited with helping to capture the mastermind of the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed more than 200 people, including some 50 Europeans. It was instrumental in 2006 in thwarting al-Qaeda plans to detonate liquid bombs on North American-bound flights from London's Heathrow Airport and critical in 2007 in helping to disrupt terrorism plots involving the Islamic Jihad Union, including one in Germany. Over the past eight years, it has generated some 1,500 reports that have been shared with European allies.

Yet almost 400 members of the European Parliament want nothing to do with it and have effectively and indefensibly shut it down.

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My Comment: Amazing .... I finally found an organization that is more concerned about terrorist privacy rights than the New York Times. Wow .... what has the world come to.

2 comments:

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Term Paper said...

I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading.