FBI Investigations Decline Sharply


The FBI has said since 9/11 that it's shifting its priorities from routine federal law enforcement to terrorist prevention. Statistics show that the FBI has indeed sharply reduced the number of criminal investigations it initiates.

The FBI opened 62,782 criminal investigations in 2000 and 34,451 last year, a drop of 45 percent, [Justice Department inspector general Glenn] Fine said. Drug cases declined by 70 percent, he said.

The unhappy news: although civil rights, health care fraud, corporate fraud, and public corruption investigations have all decreased, obscenity investigations increased. That statistic reflects the Justice Department's misplaced priorities.

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Posted: Tue - October 4, 2005 at 11:05 PM          

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