Episode 5: In Dollars We Trust

‘Follow the money.’ That was George W. Bush’s directive to the US Treasury after 9/11. Choking off al-Qaida’s finances proved complicated — but what happened next went far beyond that. A small team of Treasury bureaucrats weaponised the global economic system itself, and built a financial nuclear bomb. More from the LRB: The Belgrano Diary: ⁠⁠https://lrb.me/belgranowotpod⁠⁠  Subscribe to the LRB: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/subswotpod⁠⁠  Close Readings podcast: ⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/crwotpod⁠⁠  LRB Audiobooks: ⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/audiobookswotpod⁠⁠  Bags, binders and more at the LRB Store: ⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/storewotpod⁠⁠ Get in touch: [email protected] Archive in this episode: ‘Indictment of Islamic Charity Leader’/C-Span ‘UN declares famine in southern Somalia’/AFP News Agency ‘September 11 Commission Report’/C-Span ‘Book Discussion: Treasury’s War with author Juan Zarate’/Center for Strategic & International Studies ‘Juan Zarate: Treasury’s War’/Politics and Prose ‘Horn of Africa Crisis: Somalia's Famine’/Fault Lines/Al Jazeera ‘Former Afghan president slams unjust U.S. plan for frozen assets, urges return’/CGTN ‘Trump: BRICS was setup to degenerate our dollar’/CNBC ‘Obama Lauds N.Korea Sanctions’/CBS News