"Manufactured Outrage"

© 2006

It seems as though the MisAdministration has forgotten all about their harping about freezing assets of terrorist groups back in 2001.

Why are they so upset about it now?

What makes them want to attack the news outlets for bringing it up now?

Could it have something to do with the mid term elections?

As their echo chamber always says, "Get Over It!"

Another article detailing how the MisAdministrations outrage is overreaching:

But a search of public records -- government documents posted on the Internet, congressional testimony, guidelines for bank examiners, and even an executive order President Bush signed in September 2001 -- describe how US authorities have openly sought new tools to track terrorist financing since 2001. That includes getting access to information about terrorist-linked wire transfers and other transactions, including those that travel through SWIFT.

"There have been public references to SWIFT before," said Roger Cressey, a senior White House counterterrorism official until 2003. "The White House is overreaching when they say [The New York Times committed] a crime against the war on terror. It has been in the public domain before."

Less than two weeks after the 9/11 attacks, Bush signed an executive order calling for greater cooperation with foreign entities to monitor money that might be headed to terrorist groups. The executive order was posted on the White House website.

Boston Globe

Yahoo News

Here's the link to the official White House Press Release Sept. 24, 2001
White House Gov