One or more may still be under investigation, and some could have ties to terrorist groups.
Libya was not vital to American national security interests, the men argued, and Mr. Brennan worried that the Libyan rebels remained largely unknown to American officials, and could have ties to Al Qaeda.
Critics also said the bill needs more guidelines regarding the establishment of an oversight committee to prevent conflicts of interest by committee members who would allocate the funds, but who could have ties to the research or pharmaceutical industries.
State Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer asked a Supreme Court justice in Manhattan yesterday to compel one of the largest Muslim charities in the country to comply with a subpoena his office issued eight months ago, saying the charity could have ties to the militant Palestinian group Hamas.
Fabio Barucke, a senior police officer involved in the investigation, said that there were "clues which lead us to believe he could have ties to someone from Fifa".
