A Justice Department audit has revealed that federal prosecutors counted a number of clearly non-terrorism cases as terrorism, according to SFGate, among them a case of marriage fraud a Mexican citizen who falsely identified himself on his passport application.
Of the 26 sets of data from 2001-2005 investigated, only two were accurate. The numbers are used to measure the Justice Department’s success in the “War on Terror,” and help determine its budget.
“If the Department of Justice can’t even get their own books in order, how are we supposed to have any confidence they are doing the job they should be?” asked Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
Technorati Tags: Politics, Current Events, Bush, Current Affairs, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Paranoia, Justice Department Audit, Marriage Fraud, Chuck Schumer
