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Article: Government overstated number of terror-related cases, audit shows.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- February 20, 2007
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Byline: Andrew Zajac
WASHINGTON _ Federal prosecutors and the FBI have significantly overstated the number of terrorism-related investigations and prosecutions they pursue, according to a highly critical report released Tuesday by a Justice Department watchdog.
The study by Inspector General Glenn Fine concluded that the overstatements occurred in large part because authorities count offenses such as document and marriage fraud and immigration violations as terrorism-related even when there was no discernible tie to terror.
Although the Justice Department and FBI have reorganized since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to make preventing future ...