Times of Treason!!!!
I just wanted to take a quick moment and reflect on the recent, treasonous actions of a handful of national news papers. Most notably the New York Times, who in their own wisdom felt that they were free to release to the public a very critical tactic currently being used by the Bush Administration in the war on terror. This would of course be the tracking of various international financial transactions utilizing the SWIFT system. For the lay person out there this is essentially one of two avenues used to wire funds between accounts in different countries. That is the critical basic involved here regarding the SWIFT system. The fact that any remote accusation of this being illegal couldn't be farther from the truth. The most basic of financial laws, that being the Bank Secrecy Act is in play here, the whole point of which concerning this law was to require banks to better assist the federal government in exposing the movement of 1. illegally "washed" funds, 2. The impairment of funding to criminal organizations (of which I would include any terrorist organization.) What the New York Times and their brothers in print have done has greatly compromised a powerful tool in the prevention of terrorist activity and funding. It is my opinion in fact, that this disclosure, in addition to others in regards to CIA tactics in Europe, etc, all of which had no impedment upon the civil liberties of American Citizens as provided by the Constitution, have done more harm to the American led effort against terror, than the collective efforts of the terrorist themselves over the course of the last few years. The financing that will now be channeled in other means, will now move more freely and provide greater aid to the terrorist who targeted this nation on 9/11, and continue to do so now. This action is nothing less than treason against this nation, against the citizens of the US, and our brothers, sons, fathers, mothers, sisters, and daughters in Iraq, and afghanistan. The Bush Adminstration has an obligation to those whos' lives have been lost, to protect this nation and it's constitution, from the BEGINNING (Revolutionary War) to now (Currently at risk abroad)to prosecute these headhunters who've desired nothing more than the fullfillment of their agendas against the Bush Administration, at the cost of this nation. Thank you, New York Times, for putting more money in the terrorist and drug cartels (Guess who else likes to use this SWIFT system) who my own brother is fighting against. You are cowards, traitors, and more valuable to the Terrorist organizations now, than to the good of your own nation.
I also wanted to add for further reading that there is an excellent view from the front lines in Iraq concerning this action by the New York Times posted at
www.powerlineblog.com
Check It Out!!!
Monday, June 26, 2006
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Freedom will never be risked, but what has been risked is the means for providing greater assistance to our troops in assisting them in crippling the enemy. More and more "real" intel reports have begun to show evidence of financial strain for the terrorist organizations that our brothers and sisters are fighting. Much of this is because it has grown increasinly difficult to move funds without that movement being monitored by the United States AND its Allies. But what the times did would have been the equivalent of telling the nazis' not to use a particular raod in transporting supplies, as they were being monitored by allied forces, or telling General Lee that Grant had placed spies along the East Coast raillines to monitor his movements and distrupt the supply lines that he was using. There is no difference as that is exactly what the treasury department was doing with the Swift system. Using a supply line to follow the enemy, locate where he is operating from, and distrupt his abilty to operate. There was no infringement upon the rights of man with the monitoring of TARGETED transactions on the SWIFT system. Until 7 years ago my knowledge of transferring money was the same as yours. But if I, as a Banker tipped off a person that for varying reasons the transaction would be reported to the government if he continued as intended, thus indirectly advising him to change the transaction so that the transaction would not trigger a report to the government, I would face fines of over 250,000 dollars and face up to 10 years in a federal prison. In addition my employer would face a penalty fine of up to 1% of it's total asset value,which might not sound like much, but that would equate to over 5 billion dollars right now. That sum alone is greater than the total asset value of the 5th largest bank in the State of Florida. What the Times did, was no different.
It should be noted that in a September 24, 2001 editorial by the New York Times, a call was sent to the Bush Administration to do exactly what they and the Los Angeles Times disclosed last week. Last week, your dog bit the hand that fed it the treat it was begging for, after getting it.
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