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To: Lane3 who wrote (172113)	7/2/2006 4:35:07 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793885

Sure, I suppose there might be some idiot child of AQ that didn't get the message, but the probabilities are small. On the contrary, the probability is a certainty, since the Times itself noted major Al Qaeda players, such as the mastermind of the Bali bomb, that had been brought to justice via the SWIFT program. It's not rocket science to conclude that telling the Al Qaeda guys who are still out there that this was how it was done, which they may well not have known, is useful information to them.

To: Lane3 who wrote (172113)	7/2/2006 5:03:10 PM
From: Constant Reader	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793885

I think you are unlikely to ever get the kind of specifics you would like to see because that kind of information is likely to remain classified. It seems to me that you are left with a choice to accept the information that this was an effective and useful program, as the statements of the New York Times and the government officials involved in the program state, (as related in the articles and editorials of the New York Times) or not. As Milton Friedman said, you're "free to choose." ;-) BTW, I've seen no statement by anyone involved in this program, or briefed on this program (including the New York Times editors) alleging that this program ceased being useful at any time prior to publication. Have you?