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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 financ(contracted; show full)

In [[September]] [[2006]], however, the Belgian government declared that the SWIFT dealings with U.S. government authorities were, in fact, a breach of Belgian and European privacy laws.  
''New York Times E'' editor [[Bill Keller]] responded to Calame’s “revisionist epiphany” in a letter published on [[November 6]], [[2006]].  Keller felt that Calame’s premise that “the press should not reveal sensitive secret information unless there is a preponderance of evidence that the information exposes illegal or abusive actions by the government” set too high a bar.  Keller explained that “The banking story landed in the context of a national debate about the concentration of executive power. The Swift program was the latest in a series of programs carried out without the customary checks and balances — in this case, Congressional oversight.  Key members of Congress who would normally be apprised of such a program and who would be expected to monitor its safeguards only learned of the program because we did.”<ref name="publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com">[http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=75#more-75 Bill Keller Responds to Column on Swift Mea Culpa - The Public Editor - - Clark Hoyt - New York Times Blog<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Financial Crimes Enforcement Network]]

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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]]