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January 2nd, 2004

I read this headline:

"AP: Senators question terror money block"

and my initial thought is that some Senators are upset/questioning why something actually was blocked. However.

The Treasury Department agency charged with stopping the flow of terrorist money is under scrutiny from key lawmakers after twice failing to freeze the assets of people identified as terrorist financiers by U.S. allies.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., sent a letter just before Christmas citing widespread concerns about sloppy record keeping and lax enforcement inside Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control.

the point is more that blocks that probably should be happening, aren't. At least they start out immediately in the article about what it really means, but a better headline is certainly needed here.

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