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With the creation of the TFI and the OIA, the Treasury Department established two secure networks for national security information: Treasury Secure Data Network (TSDN), for information classified [[Classified_information_in_the_United_States#Secret|Secret]] and [[Classified_information_in_the_United_States#Confidential|Confidential]] and Treasury Foreign Intelligence Network (TFIN),  classified as [[Classified_information_in_the_United_States#Top_Secret|Top Secret]] and [[Sensitive_compartmented_information|Sensitive Compartmentalized Information]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Department of the Treasury Security Classification Guide |url=https://sgp.fas.org/othergov/treasury-2010.pdf |website=FAS.org |publisher=Federation of American Scientists |access-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012051620/https://sgp.fas.org/othergov/treasury-2010.pdf |archive-date=12 Oct 2021 |date=3 December 2010}}</ref> The data from the TFIN system is shared by OIA with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, the Under Secretary for TFI, the Undersecretary for International Affairs, OFAC, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and other components.<ref>{{cite web |title=FY 2008 Justification for Appropriations and Performance Plans |url=https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/266/01_CJ_compiled.pdf |website=treasury.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of the Treasury]] |access-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412211633/https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/266/01_CJ_compiled.pdf |archive-date=12 April 2021 |location=OIA - TFIN Transfer from DSCIP +$3,000,000 / +0 FTE |pages=22}}</ref> An audit of the [[Treasury Inspector General]] states that TFIN was established for 30 users, but by 2008 had grown to "approximately 130."<ref>{{cite web |title=OIG-08-040 CAPITAL INVESTMENTS: Treasury Foreign Intelligence Network Project Experienced Delays and Project Management Weaknesses |url=https://www.oversight.gov/sites/default/files/oig-reports/OIG08040%20%28TFIN%20Modernization%20Project%29.pdf |website=Oversight.gov |publisher=Office of Inspector General Department of the Treasury |access-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515220934/https://www.oversight.gov/sites/default/files/oig-reports/OIG08040%20%28TFIN%20Modernization%20Project%29.pdf |archive-date=15 May 2021 |pages=6}}</ref>
With the creation of the TFI and the OIA, the Treasury Department established two secure networks for national security information: Treasury Secure Data Network (TSDN), for information classified [[Classified_information_in_the_United_States#Secret|Secret]] and [[Classified_information_in_the_United_States#Confidential|Confidential]] and Treasury Foreign Intelligence Network (TFIN),  classified as [[Classified_information_in_the_United_States#Top_Secret|Top Secret]] and [[Sensitive_compartmented_information|Sensitive Compartmentalized Information]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Department of the Treasury Security Classification Guide |url=https://sgp.fas.org/othergov/treasury-2010.pdf |website=FAS.org |publisher=Federation of American Scientists |access-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012051620/https://sgp.fas.org/othergov/treasury-2010.pdf |archive-date=12 Oct 2021 |date=3 December 2010}}</ref> The data from the TFIN system is shared by OIA with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, the Under Secretary for TFI, the Undersecretary for International Affairs, OFAC, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and other components.<ref>{{cite web |title=FY 2008 Justification for Appropriations and Performance Plans |url=https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/266/01_CJ_compiled.pdf |website=treasury.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of the Treasury]] |access-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412211633/https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/266/01_CJ_compiled.pdf |archive-date=12 April 2021 |location=OIA - TFIN Transfer from DSCIP +$3,000,000 / +0 FTE |pages=22}}</ref> An audit of the [[Treasury Inspector General]] states that TFIN was established for 30 users, but by 2008 had grown to "approximately 130."<ref>{{cite web |title=OIG-08-040 CAPITAL INVESTMENTS: Treasury Foreign Intelligence Network Project Experienced Delays and Project Management Weaknesses |url=https://www.oversight.gov/sites/default/files/oig-reports/OIG08040%20%28TFIN%20Modernization%20Project%29.pdf |website=Oversight.gov |publisher=Office of Inspector General Department of the Treasury |access-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515220934/https://www.oversight.gov/sites/default/files/oig-reports/OIG08040%20%28TFIN%20Modernization%20Project%29.pdf |archive-date=15 May 2021 |pages=6}}</ref>


In 2006, [[Eric Lichtblau]] and [[James Risen]] wrote about the Treasury's participation in disrupting terrorist financing following the Bush administration's signing of {{Executive Order|13224}} which invoked the President's [[International Emergency Economic Powers Act]] authorities against suspected terrorists. The article described the Treasury's Terrorist Finance Tracking Program in which it worked with two Intelligence Community members (the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] and [[National Security Agency]]) to obtain and exploit data from [[Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication]] ([[SWIFT]]). Responding to the article, Treasury Under Secretary for TFI [[Stuart Levey]] acknowledged the existence of the program and defended the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program as both legal and effective. The article noted claims that the data had been crucial to the capture of [[Riduan Isamuddin]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Lichtblau, Eric |author2=Risen, James |author1-link=Eric Lichtblau |author2-link=James Risen |title=Bank Data Is Sifted by U.S. in Secret to Block Terror |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/23/washington/23intel.html |access-date=21 March 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=23 June 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310214418/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/23/washington/23intel.html |archive-date=10 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Statement of Under Secretary Stuart Levey on the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program |url=http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/js4334.htm |website=treasury.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of the Treasury]] |access-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924093603/http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/js4334.htm |archive-date=24 September 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2006, [[Eric Lichtblau]] and [[James Risen]] wrote about the Treasury's participation in disrupting terrorist financing following the Bush administration's signing of {{Executive Order|13224}} which invoked the President's [[International Emergency Economic Powers Act]] authorities against suspected terrorists. The article described the Treasury's Terrorist Finance Tracking Program in which it worked with two Intelligence Community members (the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] and [[National Security Agency]]) to obtain and exploit data from [[Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication]] ([[SWIFT]]). Responding to the article, Treasury Under Secretary for TFI [[Stuart Levey]] acknowledged the existence of the program and defended the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program as both legal and effective. The article noted claims that the data had been crucial to the capture of [[Riduan Isamuddin]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Lichtblau, Eric |author2=Risen, James |author1-link=Eric Lichtblau |author2-link=James Risen |title=Bank Data Is Sifted by U.S. in Secret to Block Terror |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/23/washington/23intel.html |access-date=21 March 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=23 June 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310214418/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/23/washington/23intel.html |archive-date=10 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Statement of Under Secretary Stuart Levey on the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program |url=http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/js4334.htm |website=treasury.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of the Treasury]] |access-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924093603/http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/js4334.htm |archive-date=24 September 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


Subsequent to the exposure of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program, the [[Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board]] (PCLOB) staff wrote a memorandum summarizing the issues raised and provided a list of questions about the program to the Board. On November 26, 2006 the PCLOB sat through a briefing about the OIA's role Terrorist Finance Tracking Program, including the OIA's analysis of the SWIFT data obtained through [[administrative subpoena]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Background Briefing - Terrorist Finance Tracking Program |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/184253822 |website=National Archives Catalog |publisher=Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board |access-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321200435/https://catalog.archives.gov/id/184253822 |archive-date=21 March 2022}}</ref>
Subsequent to the exposure of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program, the [[Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board]] (PCLOB) staff wrote a memorandum summarizing the issues raised and provided a list of questions about the program to the Board. On November 26, 2006 the PCLOB sat through a briefing about the OIA's role Terrorist Finance Tracking Program, including the OIA's analysis of the SWIFT data obtained through [[administrative subpoena]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Background Briefing - Terrorist Finance Tracking Program |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/184253822 |website=National Archives Catalog |publisher=Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board |access-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321200435/https://catalog.archives.gov/id/184253822 |archive-date=21 March 2022}}</ref>
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