In a late January announcement of key staff for the Department of the Treasury, newly sworn in Secretary Timothy Geithner elected to retain Stuart Levey as Under Secretary of the Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (OTFI) office. Levey's tenure during the Bush administration coincided with OTFI's increasingly broad and punitive approach to the charitable sector rather than recognizing charitable works as a key factor in addressing root causes that lead people to terror and violence.

As previously reported , Barclays bank remains determined to shut down the account of the Bradford based charity, Ummah Welfare Trust (UWT), but extended the deadline for closure by 21 days. The closure of the account will translate into a 30% loss of the charity's revenue which comes from direct debits and untraceable anonymous donors.

The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a ruling declaring the statute making it a crime to provide "material support or resources" to any group designated a "foreign terrorist organization" as unconstitutional. The decision reaffirmed that previous attempts to adjust the statute failed to do so.