There is a lot of straight talk coming from Bush Administration officials recently. Other bloggers are discussing how Donald Rumsfeld is naming names as he calls out the American media for their unhelpful activities. It should also be noticed that Stuart Levey at the Treasury Department is also on going on record without any ambiguity.
Blunt Talk: "Iran is like the elephant in the room if you will ... they are the central banker of terror. It is a country that has terrorism as a line-item in its budget," said Stuart Levey.
Banks Warned: "What I think we're likely to see and what I'm going to try to make happen is you're going to see banks around the world — and you're already seeing banks around the world — ask themselves the question, 'Do I want to be Iran's banker?'," Levey said.
“You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?” The politicians have clearly given the green light to the employees to screw diplomacy and get to the point. The world is complex but not necessarily indecipherable. As our head of the Treasury Department’s newly-created Office of Intelligence and Analysis says: Money trails don't lie. True enough.
