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The '''Terrorist Finance Tracking Program''' is a [[United States government]] program to access the SWIFT transaction database, revealed by ''[[The New York Times]]'' in June 2006. It is part of the [[George W. Bush administration|Bush administration]]'s "[[Global War on Terrorism]]". Based in [[Belgium]], SWIFT ([[Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication]]) establish common standards for financial transactions worldwide.

== Introduction ==

A series of articles published on [[June 23]], [[2006]], by ''[[The New York Times]]'',⏎
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<ref>Lichtblau, Eric and Risen, James. "[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/23/washington/23intel.html?hp&ex=1151121600&en=18f9ed2cf37511d5&ei=5094&partner=homepage Bank Data Is Sifted by U.S. in Secret to Block Terror]", ''The New York Times'', [[June 22]], [[2006]]. Accessed [[June 23]], [[2006]].</ref> ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''<ref>Simpson, Glenn R. "[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115101988281688182.html?mod=hps_(contracted; show full)had a program to access the [[SWIFT]] transaction database after the [[September 11th attacks]]. According to the [[June 2006]] ''The New York Times'' article, the program helped lead to the capture of an [[al-Qaeda]] operative known as [[Riduan Isamuddin|Hambali]] in [[2003]], believed to be the mastermind of the [[2002 Bali bombing]], as well as helped identify a [[Brooklyn]] man convicted in [[2005]] for [[Money laundering|laundering money]] for an al-Qaeda operative in [[Pakistan]].
  <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/23/washington/23intel.html?ei=5088&en=168d69d26685c26c&ex=1308715200&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all| title=Bank Data Is Sifted by U.S. in Secret to Block Terror| author=Lichtblau, Eric and Risen, James| publisher=[[The New York Times]]| accessdate=2006-07-10| year=June 23, 2006}}</ref> The Treasury Department and [[White House]] responded to the leak the day before it was published and claimed that the leak damaged [[(contracted; show full)<references />
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[[Category:Counter-terrorism]]
[[Category:Anti-terrorism policy of the United States]]
[[Category:George W. Bush administration controversies]]
[[Category:United States Department of the Treasury]]
[[Category:Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication]]