Tracking Down Terrorist Financing
A lower-profile but still crucial aspect of global anti-terror efforts involves unraveling the networks that have funded attacks from New...
Interviewee: Sue E. Eckert
Interviewer: Eben Kaplan
January 31, 2007
Former Commerce Department official Sue E. Eckert says terrorist financial networks have adapted, and Washington must rethink its approach if it is to keep money out of terrorists' hands.
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