Feds Focus on Terrorism At Home
In the past four years, the federal government has prosecuted 417 cases of domestic terrorism compared with 246 international terrorism cases, according to an investigation by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) issued this morning.
"The finding that there currently are many more prosecutions and convictions involving domestic and financial terrorism than those aimed at international terrorists presents a picture of the government's overall terrorism enforcement campaign that appears somewhat in variance with that emerging from the government's official statements, congressional testimony and the resulting newspaper reports where the battle against international terrorism appears to dominate the effort," the report states.
With the exception of fiscal 2002, when there were 355 international cases and 162 domestic cases, the latter has been an equal or greater priority for federal proseuctors, the data indicate.
Information on the number of convictions won by prosecutors also was made available. Here's a table one what percentage of cases resulted in conviction, by category:
| FY | International | Domestic | Terror Financing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 57.6% | 58.3% | 47.2% | |
| 2004 | 52.7% | 72.8% | 93.8% | |
| 2005 | 73.9% | 64.2% | 92.7% | |
| 2006 | 73.2% | 67.3% | 67.3% |
The full report is available here:
--Chris Wilson
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