期刊名称：Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
印刷版ISSN：0017-8039
电子版ISSN：1943-5061
出版年度：2010
卷号：45
期号：2
出版社：Harvard Law School
摘要：On March 20 and 21, 2002, federal law enforcement agents conducted
coordinated raids of sixteen organizations and homes in Northern Virginia.1
The raids were conducted as part of Operation Green Quest (“Green
Quest”), a multi-agency task force charged with investigating the financial
supporters of international terrorism.2 At the urging of a self-proclaimed
“terrorist hunter,” an agent of Green Quest submitted an affidavit alleging
that “individuals associated with [organizations in Northern Virginia were]
using the various affiliated charities and companies under their control to
transfer money in convoluted transactions through a network of interrelated
organizations designed to prevent the United States from tracking the ultimate
recipients.”3 Based on this affidavit, a magistrate judge found that
probable cause existed and issued a warrant to search for financial records
and other documents related to the financial support of terrorism.4 The
homes raided included that of Dr. Iqbal Unus, director of the Child Development
Foundation, one of the suspected organizations
