Are we safer? Statistics on the War on Terror

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Are we safer?

A report card on the war on terror.
By David Cole and Jules Lobel
November 18, 2007
We have more than six years of experience with the Bush administration's war on terror, and there has not been another terrorist attack on U.S. soil. But can the administration take credit for that? Below is a link to a report card on what the administration's counter-terrorism strategy has achieved, and what it has cost. The figures are drawn from official government sources, reliable news accounts, institutional reports and our own continuing review of data.



WorldWide:

# of Terrorist attacks 2001 = 1,732

# of Terrorist attacks 2006 = 6,659

At Home:

Number of "terrorism or terrorism-related" convictions and guilty pleas (with an internation connection) cliamed by the Justice Department as of June 2006 = 261

Number of those cases actually involving attempted terrorism = 2

Minimum number of foreign nationals
preventively detained in anti-terrorism
initiatives in the U.S. in the first two years
after 9/11 = 5,191

Number of those convicted of terrorist
crimes today = 0

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-cole18nov18,0,3469159.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

http://www.latimes.com/media/acrobat/2007-11/33860990.pdf

More stats on the pdf link.