SuperFreakonomics: 9/11 Cost Terrorists $300K, New Plots Include Life Insurance

...The September 11, 2001 tragedy was funded for little more than $300,000. Preventing a repeat is an obvious priority for many nations. Levitt and Dubner report that a British bank fraud expert has found that (university) students with first and last names of Muslim origin, making an initial deposit of about $4,000 followed by small withdrawals, not conducting transactions on Friday (mandatory prayer), renting, having a mobile phone, and not having life insurance are much more likely than others to be a terrorist - and suggest such an individual would reduce his odds of being detected by eg. buying life insurance...

Basil and Spice: SuperFreakonomics: 9/11 Cost Terrorists $300K, New Plots Include Life Insurance