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Audit: Terror Statistics Inaccurate, Inflated

HeadlineFeb 21, 2007

And a new audit has found widespread inaccuracy in how the government collects statistics on terrorism. The Justice Department inspector general says hundreds of completely unrelated cases have helped inflate numbers on offenses and prosecutions. Offenses including drug trafficking, marriage fraud and immigration violations were among those wrongly included. Just two of 26 collections of statistics were found to be accurate. The Bush administration has previously cited the statistics in efforts to provide evidence of successes in prosecuting terrorism cases.

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