“After September 11th, we were told that money was the lifeblood of terrorists, and that we should do everything possible to block their access to financial resources…Today we are hearing a far different message: Bank of America, it’s everywhere terrorists want to be.”

— Tom Tancredo

Tancredo blasts bank policy http://www.thedenverdailynews.com/?page=details&id=6616&t=Archive (February 14, 2007).

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