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Following Controversial Terror Financing Conviction, U.S. Has Shifted Focus Away from Charities
By Colby Adams
printIn the years since a high-profile mistrial in the prosecution of a Texas charity, counterterrorism financing officials have shifted their focus away from nongovernmental organizations and toward individuals sending money abroad. "The ten or so charities we've lit up since Sept. 11 are only scratching the surface, and the investigations we have going on now are few and far between, mostly related to donations that might end up in the hands of [Egypt's] Muslim Brotherhood," said a U.S. counterterrorism official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Less scrutiny of the charitable sector stems in part from a general improvement...
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