European Backlash Over U.S. Efforts To Track Terrorist Finances

Fox News ^ | July 07, 2006 | Brit Hume

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By a vote of 302 to 219, the European Parliament approved a resolution demanding that European banks and governments disclose what they knew about the U.S. program to monitor terrorists' financial transactions.

The New York Times reports one French politician accused the U.S. of "rifling through our private bank accounts," and an Italian lawmaker compared the case to alleged CIA kidnappings of terror suspects, saying it has the same objective, "to extort information."

The administration had tried to convince the Times not to unveil the secret program, arguing among other things, that it would hurt cooperation with the Europeans.

But Times executive editor Bill Keller dismissed those concerns, calling that argument "puzzling," and noting just after publication, that the story did not appear to be generating a "backlash against the program" — at least, until now.

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Not just the AG, but the whole gutless administration - and Congress! They want us killed....

The whole admin wants us killed? Don Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney and George W. Bush? They want us killed? That would be an interesting statement for you to prove.

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The NYTimes said the 'public' had a right to know, so did the leaker tell the NYTimes WHO it was they were sending a message???? Who needed to change their financial practices in Europe????