From a few days back, but very interesting...

Via Marketwatch:

SEC to get intelligence briefings

By Robert Schroeder
MarketWatch
Apr 27, 2006

Wall Street regulators will soon receive briefings from intelligence officials related to securities matters, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday. SEC Chairman Christopher Cox and the agency's four other commissioners will get briefings from the National Intelligence Council, a planning organization within the nation's intelligence community. Members of the council include the CIA, the FBI and the U.S. Defense Department.

Cox, a former California Republican congressman, headed the House Homeland Security Committee before taking the top job at the SEC. "The SEC should be apprised of what's going on," said spokesman John Nester. "They [commissioners] will be getting regular briefings," he said. Cox told lawmakers about the planned briefings in testimony before a House Appropriations subcommittee.

The SEC currently has an Office of Global Security Risk, which reviews company filings to determine whether firms have contact with any entities that could be sponsors of terrorist organizations. In his House testimony, Cox said he believes the security office "will play a more significant role in the future, especially given the increasingly global nature of public company activities."

This puts a whole new spin on know your customer concerns, I would think. The original article appears here.

-- MDT