| Federal Terrorism Enforcement Takes a New Course |
| (18 May 2010)
The dramatic post 9/11 surge in prosecutions that the government categorized as terrorism has undergone a four-fold decline, according to an analysis of timely Justice Department data by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.
The data show that terrorism and internal security filings in court have dropped from an average of about 100 a month at their peak shortly after the attacks to a current level of just under 25 a month.
Increases and decreases in arrests or prosecutions in a particular criminal area often are not related to changes in the actual threat. Instead the shifts in official actions such as arrests or prosecutions are determined by the number of available investigators or the adoption of new enforcement policies. For immediate access to TRAC's special report on the rapidly changing terrorism enforcement picture in the last eight years go to: http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/terrorism/231/TRAC continues to provide free reports on a wide range of current enforcement trends. Go to http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/bulletins/for information on prosecutions and convictions so far in FY 2010 in the areas of terrorism as well as immigration, drugs, white collar crime, official corruption and more. You can also find free reports on the enforcement activities of selected government agencies such as the IRS, FBI, DHS and DEA. Even more detailed criminal enforcement information for the period from FY 1986 through February 2010 is available to TRACFED subscribers via the Express, Going Deeper and Analyzer tools. Go to http://tracfed.syr.edu for more information. Customized reports for a specific agency, district, program, lead charge or judge are available via the TRAC Data Interpreter, either as part of a TRACFED subscription or on a per-report basis. Go to http://trac.syr.edu/interpreter to start. TRAC is self-supporting and depends on foundation grants, individual contributions and subscription fees for the funding needed to obtain, analyze and publish the data we collect on the activities of the US Federal government. To help support TRAC's ongoing efforts, go to: http://trac.syr.edu/sponsor/ |
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