Stuart A. Levey
Stuart A. Levey (born 1963) has served as the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (a post that previously did not exist) since 21 July 2004. Under Obama he also served briefly as the as Acting Treasury Secretary until Obama nominee Timothy Geithner was confirmed to the post.[1] He studied at Harvard, and his thesis advisor was Martin Peretz. He also spent a year studying at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, where he wrote an undergraduate thesis on the extremist Rabbi Meir Kahane, the founder of Kach.[2]
According to the Washington Post, Levey, 'has a strong hand in many of President Bush's top foreign policy and national security initiatives, from counterterrorism to money laundering to weapons of mass destruction. He is the senior Treasury official overseeing a classified program that taps a global database of confidential financial records in search of terrorist transactions.'[2]
Mentors
According to the Washington Post, Levey's mentors include
Target Iran
Levey has been a leading figure inside the government pushing for sanctions against Iran. His efforts were resisted by businesses. According to the Washington Post in 2006, Levey was having 'difficulty persuading allies to sign on to a plan that will cost them in Iranian trade and oil.'[2]
References
- ↑ Staff Reporter, Levey to head U.S. Treasury temporarily: official, Reuters, 15 January 2009
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dafna Linzer, 'The Money Man In the Terror Fight; Levey Helps Lead Treasury Efforts,' The Washington Post, 5 July 2006 Wednesday, SECTION: A Section; A11
