Further Proof That NY Times Revelations Endanger All Americans

Charity Funds Said to Provide Clues to Alleged Terrorist Plot
Officials Say Money for Attacks Came From Earthquake Relief

By Joshua Partlow and Kamran Khan
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, August 15, 2006; Page A10

LONDON, Aug. 14 -- The transfer of millions of dollars from Britain to a Pakistani charity working on earthquake relief last year helped investigators uncover the alleged plot to blow up airplanes bound for the United States, according to two senior Pakistani intelligence officials.

The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation, said that a large portion of the money sent from Britain to the charity was siphoned off and ultimately used to prepare for the attacks. The officials said that about 5 million British pounds, or $10 million, was transferred to Pakistan, but that less than half was used for relief operations after the earthquake last October, which killed tens of thousands of people.

"British intelligence smelled a foul play the moment the transfer was made in December last year," said one of the senior intelligence officials, who is directly involved in the investigation.

"The innocent Pakistani souls in Britain who contributed so generously for the victims of the earthquake didn't know that their money would actually be used for one of the biggest terrorist operations," the other Pakistani official said.

I still don't understand why the Bush administration is afraid to go after the New York Times and its owners and editors for revealing top secret information. This revelation proves that what the Times revealed in its exposure of the SWIFT Banking monitoring has endangered the lives of American citizens unnecessarily. Alberto Gonzales should be pursuing these traitors relentlessly.

Once more programs like the NSA phone call monitoring and the SWIFT money transfer monitoring have been shown to be vital, and the Democrats who protest so vehemently and publicly have been shown to be dangerous politically motivated fools.

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