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Who is a terrorist? TRAC Report

By International Association of Penal Law

The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University released a new report entitled Federal Agencies Can’t Agree on Who is a Terrorist.  TRAC always provides great information, and is an invaluable resource for counterterrorism scholars looking for data to support their arguments.  With that said, I don’t agree with the conclusions in this report and the heavy focus placed on the declination rate in terrorism cases.  The declination rate is the percentage of cases referred to prosecutors by investigators (usually the FBI) in which the U.S. attorney declines prosecution.  The report specifically highlights the fact that in two out of every three cases brought to prosecutors by investigative agencies, the prosecutors declined to bring charges...continue to full post

Full post as published by AIDP Blog on September 29, 2009 (boomark / email).