Justice Inflates Terrorism Charges
The Justice Department is inflating terrorism charges according to the Deluth News.
Of the 56 terrorism cases filed by Justice in January and February, 2003, the agency concedes that 41 did not involve terrorism. The article has a host of examples of the non-terrorist cases. Here's one.
Meanwhile, in Detroit, the case of Hassan Nasrallah -- whose name is the same as that of the chief of the Lebanese group Hezbollah -- was, like the 55 others, labeled as terrorism.
His attorney, Mark Haidar, said he is charged with using six phony checks to pay his MasterCard bill.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric M. Straus, who is prosecuting the case, said last week: "He is not the leader of Hezbollah.... This is not a terrorist case." [hat tip to Matthew of Untelevised.Org]
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