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Allow law-enforcement officials to wire-tap phone conversations of suspected terrorists without obtaining permission from the courts...
Atta returned to the U.S. on a business visa. He made another quick trip to Las Vegas but spent most of his time in Florida. Sources have told TIME that in the 10 days before Sept. 11, Atta received at least two wire transfers of money from a man investigators have linked with bin Laden. But the last days weren't all business. On Sept. 7, Atta, Al-Shehhi and another man visited Shuckum's Oyster Bar and Grill in Hollywood, Fla. Contrary to earlier reports of his carousing, Atta was the only one of the three who didn...
...Wire reports were used in the compilation of this article...
...around the world who advance funds to depositors on a handshake and, sometimes, a password. In remote areas, a broker may have little more than a rug and a phone. In larger cities, including some in the U.S., brokers often operate from the back of a store. With no wire transfers, balance sheets or financial statements, hawala leaves no trail for law enforcement to follow. It's like the Mob, says William Wechsler, a former National Security Council official who chaired a task force on bin Laden's finances. "There's no shortage of will to attack the Mafia...
...blood abroad - nearly two-thirds of respondents favored the use of U.S. ground troops in Afghanistan. More than half, 56 percent, envisioned a long war with many casualties but with an eventual U.S. victory. On the homefront, Americans strong favor increased vigilance. A full 68 percent favor increased governmental wire-tapping authority, 55 percent favor email monitoring. Sixty-one percent would allow the federal government to jail any non-citizen terrorist suspect without a hearing; 59 percent favor holding suspects without bail for unlimited amounts of time. And 31 percent would allow the internment in camps of Arabs...