UPI - Figures show 'hype' of terror war

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Of the thousands of people referred by the FBI and other federal investigators to prosecutors in connection with terrorism since Sept. 11, 2001, only a handful have been convicted and sentenced to long prison terms, according to an analysis of Justice Department figures published Monday.

The FBI challenged the methodology of the analysis, saying it led to "misleading and unfounded conclusions ..."

The analysis, carried out by statisticians and long-time law enforcement observers at the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse based at Syracuse University, found that in the two years after the Sept. 11 attacks about 6,400 people were referred to prosecutors in connection with terrorism or terrorist offenses.

But of the 2,681 cases that had been wrapped up by the end of September 2003, some 879 were convicted of a crime and less than half of those -- 373 -- were sent to prison. Five received sentences of 20 years or more, which was actually fewer than in the two years before Sept. 11.


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http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20031207-101622-3249r

This administration is all about the illusion of security – smoke and mirrors

[La_Serpiente]

1. UPI?

Isn't that a Moon company?

[POed_Ex_Repub]

2. No Idea...

Saw it on Google News when I was looking up the injury status of my Fantasy Basketball players. :shrug:

[POed_Ex_Repub]

3. No Idea...

Saw it on Google News when I was looking up the injury status of my Fantasy Basketball players. :shrug:

[Fridays Child]

4. Welcome, POed_Ex_Repub

Welcome! :hi:

And, yes, this is further proof that there's no "there" there. Why doesn't the conviction rate match the rhetoric coming out of this administration?

Hmm...

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5. Terror and the Polls

http://radicalfringe.freeservers.com/custom2.html