PATRIOT ACT: Don't be misinformed!!
What the president and Attorney General say: "federal terrorism investigations have resulted in charges against more than 400 suspects, and more than half of those charged have been convicted."
What the facts are: "An analysis of the Justice Department's own list of terrorism prosecutions by The Washington Post shows that 39 people -- not 200, as officials have implied -- were convicted of crimes related to terrorism or national security."
"Most of the others were convicted of relatively minor crimes such as making false statements and violating immigration law -- and had nothing to do with terrorism, the analysis shows. For the entire list, the median sentence was just 11 months."
See for yourself: - Vox
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/11/AR2005061100381_pf.html
What the facts are: "An analysis of the Justice Department's own list of terrorism prosecutions by The Washington Post shows that 39 people -- not 200, as officials have implied -- were convicted of crimes related to terrorism or national security."
"Most of the others were convicted of relatively minor crimes such as making false statements and violating immigration law -- and had nothing to do with terrorism, the analysis shows. For the entire list, the median sentence was just 11 months."
See for yourself: - Vox
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/11/AR2005061100381_pf.html
posted by VoxInfo at 10:28 PM
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