FC: FBI intelligence officers, investigations zoom under Clinton

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[I'm logged in from Burning Man via wireless Ethernet (X11), which is 
linked to the Internet through the satellite connection our camp has set 
up. I brought along solar panels to power my laptop, and an adapter to 
convert the 12V output to the 16V the ThinkPad requires. I'm surprised it 
all works. :) Below is courtesy of M.C. --Declan]

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Subject:    TRAC News--FBI Intelligence Operations Up
Author: TRAC <trac () MailBox Syr Edu>
Date:       8/28/00 12:32 PM

     News from TRAC. We have just released a new edition of our FBI public web
site, this one spotlighting intelligence, internal security and terrorism
issues. Key findings: FBI intelligence officers almost quintupled in number
during the Clinton years. Warrants under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act also higher, climbing from 484 to 886 during the same period. But only 
45 of
the FBI's 12,730 1998 convictions involved what  the Justice Department
classified as internal security or terrorism matters.

     Two other  new findings were the following. The Justice Department data
obtained by TRAC under the FOIA  disclosed  major increases in FBI drug
enforcement activities during the Clinton years -- such convictions were up 69%
-- and also indicated there had been an apparent improvement in some of the
agency's performance trends.

For more FBI information go to http://trac.syr.edu

     A reminder: Although TRAC's FBI site has lots of interesting new stuff,
TRAC also has two subscription sites that offer much much more information
about the enforcement activities of the FBI and all other federal agencies. For
news organizations there is TRACFED. For public interest groups, Congressional
committees, lawyers, scholars and others, TRAC offers FEDPROBE. In addition to
federal criminal information, both subscription sites also provide extensive
data about  (1) IRS audits, collection and taxpayers services, (2)  almost all
federal employees and (3) extensive demographic and economic data by county,
state and the federal judicial districts.

     Coming shortly to TRACFED and FEDPROBE will be two entirely new 
"layers."
One will offer comprehensive information about the civil referrals processed by
the United States Attorneys -- both the civil actions brought by the government
against corporate polluters, medicare swindlers, and asset forfeiture matters,
etc., and the civil action brought against  the government. The second new data
addition will focus on the spending of federal funds -- by different agencies
and for different programs by county, state and the judicial district.  If you
would like more information or want to subscribe to either TRACFED or FEDPROBE
contact us at trac.syr.edu or telephone 315-443-3563.


Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse
Syracuse University
488 Newhouse II
Syracuse, NY  13244-2100
315-443-3563
trac () syr edu
http://trac.syr.edu




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