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Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, who in January will become the ranking Democrat on the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, called for hearings on the GAO's findings. "Are major U.S. banks, wittingly or unwittingly, helping criminals move funds to safe harbors around the world?" Levin asked. "If the answer to that question is yes, then the Congress had better close down the loopholes that allow it." Already this week federal regulators will issue new rules requiring banks to confirm the identities of their customers and the sources of large fund transfers...
Noting that Citibank is cooperating with an ongoing Justice Department investigation of the Salinas matter, bank spokesman Richard J. Howe declined to answer specific questions about the GAO report. He said, without citing specific examples, that the report "contains errors of fact and interpretation" and that "it ignores recent progress in strengthening law and industry procedures, which Citibank strongly supports in keeping with our commitment to combat money laundering." Citibank declined to make Elliott available for comment but has in the past denied that she or the bank violated any laws. She remains a Citibank employee in good standing...
...General Accounting Office pointed out in a report released last week. It's designed "to enable commanders to discuss whether a ballistic-missile launch threatens North America and, if so, to determine the appropriate retaliatory response." But, like your first cell phone, the system is a bit clunky. The GAO says recent tests show that "the National Command Authorities and the chief military commanders would be unable to communicate by voice in a timely and intelligible manner...
...failing to follow its own procedures against money laundering, is expected to become more than just an investigative must-read. "The upshot of the report," says Gwynne, "will now be Senate hearings next year and the revival of a Justice Department probe." For its part, Citibank says the GAO got some of its facts and interpretations wrong, but that in any event the bank will cooperate with investigators. Keep watching for the next chapter...
...General Accounting Office pointed out in a report released last week. It's designed "to enable commanders to discuss whether a ballistic-missile launch threatens North America and, if so, to determine the appropriate retaliatory response." But, like your first cell phone, the system is a bit clunky. The GAO says recent tests show that "the National Command Authorities and the chief military commanders would be unable to communicate by voice in a timely and intelligible manner...