At 4:28 PM -0600 on 12/7/01, Internet Scout Project wrote:
> 12. Criminal Enforcement Against Terrorists > http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/terrorism/report011203.html > > Syracuse-based Transactional Records Clearinghouse (TRAC), a non-partisan > group monitoring federal staffing, spending, and enforcement activities, > recently posted this report covering referrals for prosecution in > international and domestic terrorist cases. It is difficult for the American > public to monitor the federal governments efforts to find and prosecute > terrorists because of the necessary secrecy that surrounds the feds' anti- > terrorist activities. With this in mind, TRAC obtained (under court order) > 131 computer tapes "with data that offer the American people the most up-to- > date and complete view ever available about how the government is enforcing > the law against international and domestic terrorists." The data graphs, > tables, and text available at this site are a sampling of findings about the > 1,338 referrals classified as domestic or international terrorism-related > from October 1996 through September 2001. These findings reveal that, during > the years 1997-2000, there were between 40-60 referrals for prosecution > involving international terrorism, but in 2001, this number jumped to 204. > It also shows that federal prosecutors declined to bring charges against > more than two out of three of the criminal suspects who they classified as > being involved in domestic or international terrorism. The investigative > agencies included the FBI; the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); the Bureau of > Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; the US Marshal Service; the IRS; and many > others. [HCS] -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
