Problems with DOJ's Counterterrorism Numbers
By Douglas Farah
The Washington Post today carried a look at problems with the Justice Department's accounting of the number of terrorism cases it handles and other issues.
One thing stands out: the statement that U.S. attorneys "counted hundreds of terrorism cases that did not qualify for the designation because they involved minor crimes with no connection to terrorist activities."
This may be true in a technical sense, and there may be some deep problems with DOJ record keeping. As the Inspector General said, it may be decentralized, haphazard and in need of an overhaul.
But it is also wrong to summarily discount the cases made against suspected terrorists on other charges, because those are the charges that could be brought. My full blog is here.
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