Deja Q
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Fri Apr-14-06 07:14 AM
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FBI shifting focus from (white-collar) crime to terror |
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Edited on Fri Apr-14-06 07:14 AM by HypnoToad
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0413fbi-terror0413.html..."It's a healthy step," said Robert Precht, a Honolulu attorney and former federal public defender who has represented defendants in terrorism cases. "It moves us away from the federalization of (lesser) crimes and toward a focus on the truly big ones."
The numbers were collected by the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, a Justice Department agency, and archived by TRACFED, Syracuse University's federal justice data-collection program.
The FBI's shifting emphasis is clearly visible in the caseloads for white-collar crime and narcotics investigations, traditionally the bureau's busiest investigative categories.
White-collar prosecutions based on FBI investigations fell to 2,945 last year from 4,950 in fiscal 2001, a drop of more than 40 percent. Drug cases also declined more than 40 percent. ...:wow:
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Fri Apr-14-06 07:15 AM
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1. The GOP mustn't prosecute their donors now, can they? |
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Fri Apr-14-06 07:26 AM
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2. so they quit pretending to bust the real thieves |
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Edited on Fri Apr-14-06 07:27 AM by jukes
to shift to political pretence to keep the masses convinced they're "safe".
:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:
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Fri Apr-14-06 07:35 AM
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3. Well in 2001, just prior to 9-11 |
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Ashcroft quit going after terrorists and started concentrating on porn.
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