It was forgotten in the wake of 9-11, but on 9-10 the Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said:

On September 10, 2001, Donald Rumsfeld gave a speech at the Pentagon where he stated:
    “According to some estimates, we cannot track $2.3 Trillion dollars in transactions.”

    “The adversary is closer to home, it’s the Pentagon bureaucracy.”

    “In fact, it could be said that it’s a matter of life and death.”