The Bush administration expanded its financial dragnet against Osama bin Laden and his Al-Qaeda terror network, ordering US banks to freeze assets of a Pakistan-based group and nine individuals. The treasury department's action was the government's latest effort to separate terrorists from their money, a key part of President George W Bush's war on terrorism. Today we block the finances of an assortment of terrorists involved in financing and carrying out bombings, kidnappings and murder, said treasury secretary Paul O'neill. We will continue to expose and shut down these thugs wherever we find them. Bureau Report