| Decline in Prosecutions for National Internal Security and Terrorism |
| (02 Sep 2014)
Criminal prosecutions in the area of national internal security and terrorism have declined steadily since fiscal year 2002.
According to the latest available data from the Justice Department, there were 128 such prosecutions recorded in the first eight months of FY 2014. At this pace, 192 individuals will be prosecuted for national internal security and terrorism offenses this year, a decline of 28.6 percent from FY 2013 and a drop of 84.1 percent from the peak of 1,208 reached in FY 2002. Levels of these prosecutions are still significantly higher than they were before 9/11.
The most commonly cited lead charge so far in FY 2014 has been 18 USC 844, involving the importation and storage of explosives, accounting for 19 prosecutions. Second is 18 USC 1038 involving false information and hoaxes with 10 prosecutions. For more details, including a twenty-year timeline of prosecutions and top district rankings, see the report at: http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/terrorism/362/In addition to this fiscal year report on national internal security and terrorism, TRAC continues to offer free monthly reports program categories such as immigration, drugs, weapons and white collar crime. TRAC's reports also monitor selected government agencies such as the FBI, ATF, DHS and the IRS. For the latest information on prosecutions and convictions through May 2014, go to: http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/bulletins/Even more detailed criminal enforcement information for the period from FY 1986 through May 2014 is available to TRACFed subscribers via the Express and Going Deeper 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. To keep up with TRAC, follow us on Twitter @tracreports or like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/tracreportsTRAC 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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