In TUFP and in class we talked about financial controls in combating terrorism. Someone mentioned that his dad was a financial analyst. It sounded interesting to me so I went looking through some job descriptions on the FBI website. In the professional staff section they have a specific number for financial analysts 1160. Then I went to USAJOBS.com to find out more about this position. The FBI isn’t the only agency looking for financial analysts, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, National Park Service, Federal Deposit and the Army all had openings. The duties describe this position as dealing with white collar crime investigating large corporations domestic and international. The analyst has to look over individual transactions, bank statements, and insurance claims. In light of the recent discoveries about Mayor Spitzer and how he got caught (suspicious money transfers) I thought this was relevant. (http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4424507&page=1) I believe that is how we have caught and froze accounts belonging to terrorist networks like al-Qaeda operating out of charities. Does anybody know why on P.93 in TUFP it says we have not frozen any funds from Syria?
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Perhaps we have not frozen the assets of the Syrian government, but the US has not been averse to freezing the assets of individual Syrians including senior level intelligence officials. The history of these financial freezes include two senior officials in June 2005 and, more recently, four Syrians (I don't think they're part of the government) in February of this year .
However, maybe the US had not even done this at the time Pillar was writing...Whatever the case the US is willing to freeze the assets of verifiable, as well as potential, threats.
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