NYT annonces about a week ago, that terrorist have been found with large amounts of cash, and as such is surmised not to use the banking system as much any more.
This is good news - if it is true. Conducting and finansing terrorism passing large sums of folding money around is immensely more difficult and cumbersome than bank tranfers: They have to rely on courriers, that are at constant risk of being intercepted - and you have to rely on their integrity. It involves a lot more people in the process - which give our hero (the flatfooted cop) that many more chances of making a color.
A resonable next move would be for the Federal Bank to recall the larger denominations of USD bills (They can always reissue them when the situation changes) and mint coins for smaller denominations.
Who cares? Everybody legitimate charges!
A possible next move for the terrorists will be to change to gold - let them. Wait untill they have changed the money - and then start dumping gold prices from the stock at Fort Knox - who cares? Civilised countries have gone from the gold standard years ago!
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