“On September 24, 2001, President Bush issued a new Executive Order [13224] targeting terrorist financing. He stated: ‘…because of the pervasiveness and expansiveness of the financial foundation of foreign terrorists, financial sanctions may be appropriate for those foreign persons that support or otherwise associate with these foreign terrorists. I also find that a need exists for further consultation and cooperation with, and sharing of information by, United States and foreign financial institutions as an additional tool to enable the United States to combat the financing of terrorism.’ “
– Rohan Gunaratna, Inside al Qaeda, Page 66