Domestic Spying Far Outpaces Terrorism Prosecutions国内监听远远超过恐怖主义的检控
By Richard B. Schmitt | The number of Americans being secretly wiretapped or having their financial and other records reviewed by the government has continued to increase as officials aggressively use powers approved after the Sept. 11 attacks.由Richard乙施密特|多的美国人正在秘密窃听或有其财务及其他纪录，审查由政府继续增加，作为官员积极利用权力批准后，九月十一日的攻击。 But the number of terrorism prosecutions ending up in court — one measure of the effectiveness of such sleuthing — has continued to decline, in some cases precipitously.但这个数目恐怖主义的刑事检控专员结束了在法庭上-一措施的成效，例如s leuthing-继续下降，在某些情况下， p r ecipitously。
The trends, visible in new government data and a private analysis of Justice Department records, are worrisome to civil liberties groups and some legal scholars.的趋势，可见在新政府的数据和私人分析，司法部的记录，是令人担忧的公民自由团体和一些法律学者。 They say it is further evidence that the government has compromised the privacy rights of ordinary citizens without much to show for it.他们说，这是进一步的证据表明，政府已作出妥协，隐私的权利，普通公民没有多大，以显示它。
The emphasis on spy programs also is starting to give pause to some members of Congress who fear the government is investing too much in anti-terrorism programs at the expense of traditional crime-fighting.侧重于间谍程式也开始给停下来的一些国会议员，谁害怕政府是投资太多，在反恐怖主义计划在牺牲传统的打击犯罪。 Other lawmakers are raising questions about how well the FBI is performing its counter-terrorism mission.其他国会议员提出的问题，有关如何以及联邦调查局，是履行其反恐怖主义的任务。
The Senate Intelligence Committee last week concluded that the bureau was far behind in making internal changes to keep the nation safe from terrorist threats.参议院情报委员会上周得出结论认为，主席团远远落后于在作出内部的变化，以保持国家的安全免受恐怖威胁。 Lawmakers urged that the FBI set specific benchmarks to measure its progress and make more regular reports to Congress.国会议员敦促美国联邦调查局制定了具体基准，以衡量其进展和作出更多的定期报告中向国会。
These concerns come as the Bush administration has been seeking to expand its ability to gather intelligence without prior court approval.这些问题来作为布什政府一直在寻求扩大其能力，情报搜集未经法院批准。 It has asked Congress for amendments to the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to make it clear that eavesdropping on foreign telecommunications signals routed through the US does not require a warrant.它已要求国会修改1978年的外国情报监督法案，使其明确表示，监听对外国电讯信号经由美国并不需要的手令。
Law enforcement officials say the additional surveillance powers have been critically important in ways the public does not always see.执法官员说，额外的监视权力，已极为重要的方式，市民并不总是见。 Threats can be mitigated, they say, by deporting suspicious people or letting them know that authorities are watching them.威胁可以得到缓解，他们说，由驱逐可疑的人或让他们知道，当局正在看着他们。
“The fact that the prosecutions are down doesn’t mean that the utility of these investigations is down. “事实上，刑事检控下降并不意味着公用事业这些调查是下跌。 It suggests that these investigations may be leading to other forms of prevention and protection,” said Thomas Newcomb, a former Bush White House national security aide.它表明，这些调查可能导致其他形式的预防和保护， “ Thomas说。 Newcomb ，前白宫国家安全助理。 He said there were half a dozen actions outside of the criminal courts that the government could take to snuff out potential threats, including using diplomatic or military channels.他说，有一半的十多位行动以外的刑事法庭认为，政府可以采取的扼杀潜在的威胁，包括使用外交或军事渠道。
Although legal experts say they would not necessarily expect the number of prosecutions to rise along with the stepped-up surveillance, there are few other good ways to measure how well the government is progressing in keeping the country safe.虽然法律专家说，他们将不一定期望检控的个案数目上升，随着加强监察工作，很少有其他的好办法来衡量如何，以及政府在进步，保持国家的安全。
“How does one measure the success? “如何衡量成功呢？ The short answer is we aren’t in a great position to know,” said Daniel Richman, a former federal prosecutor.简短的答案是我们不会在一个伟大的立场，知道，说： “丹尼尔•里奇曼，一名前联邦检察官。 With prosecutions declining, he said, the public is left with imperfect and possibly misleading ways to gauge progress in the Bush administration’s war on terrorism — such as the number of secret warrants the government issues or the number of agents it assigns to terrorism cases.与检控的下降，他说，市民是左与不完善，可能是具误导性的方式来衡量的进展，布什政府的反恐战争中-例如有多少秘密值得政府的问题，或有多少代理商，它指派给恐怖主义案件。
“These are the only tracks in the snow left by terrorism investigations, if there are no more counter-terrorism prosecutions,” Richman said. “这些都是只有在路轨积雪留下的恐怖主义调查，如果没有更多的反恐怖主义刑事检控专员， ” •里奇曼说。 “This is why, more than ever, there is a pressing need for congressional oversight, for accountability at the top of the [Justice] department, and for public confidence in the department.” “这就是为什么，比以往任何时候更是有迫切需要国会的监督，问责制在上方的[司法]署，以及市民的信心，在该部” 。
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A recent study showed that the number of terrorism and national security cases initiated by the Justice Department in 2007 was more than 50% below 2002 levels.最近的一项研究表明，有多少恐怖主义和国家安全的情况下发起的，由司法部在2007年是50 ％以上，低于2002年的水平。 The nonprofit Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University, which obtained the data under the Freedom of Information Act, found that the number of cases brought declined 19% in the last year alone, dropping to 505 in 2007 from 624 in 2006.非营利交易记录存取交换在锡拉丘兹大学，获得的数据，根据资讯自由法，发现案件数量下降19 ％ ，仅在去年一年，下降至505在2007年由624在2006年。
By contrast, the Justice Department reported last month that the nation’s spy court had granted 2,370 warrant requests by the department to search or eavesdrop on suspected terrorists and spies in the US last year — 9% more than in 2006.相比之下，美国司法部上个月报告说，国家的间谍法院已给予2370手令的要求，该署搜查或窃听对可疑的恐怖分子和间谍在去年美国-九％以上在2 006年。 The number of such warrants approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has more than doubled since the 2001 terrorist attacks.有多少这类认股权证核准的外国情报监视法院已增加了一倍以上，自2001年恐怖袭击。
The department also reported a sharp rise in the use of national security letters by the FBI — from 9,254 in 2005 to 12,583 in 2006, the latest data available.该部还报告急剧上升，在利用国家安全信件由联邦调查局-从9 254在2 005年1 2583在2 006年，最新的数据。 The letters seek customer information from banks, Internet providers and phone companies.信中寻求客户信息从银行，互联网服务供应商和电话公司。 They have caused a stir because consumers do not have a right to know that their information is being disclosed and the letters are issued without court oversight.他们所造成的轰动，因为消费者不都有权知道他们的资料，现正透露，和信发出的未经法院监督。
The inspector general of the Justice Department has found numerous cases in which FBI agents failed to comply with rules and guidelines in issuing the letters, often gaining access to information they were not entitled to.监察长司法部已发现众多的案件中，联邦调查局特工未能遵守的规则和指引，在发出信件，往往获得的资料，他们无权享受。 The FBI has responded by taking a number of measures to tighten its internal procedures.美国联邦调查局已作出回应，采取了一些措施，以加强其内部程序。
Civil liberties groups say the new data reveal a disturbing consequence of the government’s post-Sept.民权团体说，新的资料显示，一个令人不安的后果，政府后的9月。 11 expanded surveillance capabilities. 11 ，扩大监测能力。
“The number of Americans being investigated dwarfs any legitimate number of actual terrorism prosecutions, and that is extremely troubling — for both the security and privacy of innocent Americans as well as for the squandering of resources on people who have not and never will be charged with any wrongdoing,” said Lisa Graves, deputy director of the Center for National Security Studies, a Washington-based civil liberties group. “多的美国人正在调查相形见绌任何合法的实际人数恐怖主义的检控，这是非常令人不安的-双方的安全和隐私无辜的美国人以及为浪费资源，对人们谁没有也绝不会被落案控以任何不当行为，说： “丽莎的坟墓，中心副主任为国家安全的研究，一个总部设在华盛顿的公民自由组。
A mixed record混合记录
But Dean Boyd, a Justice Department spokesman, said statistics on court-approved FISA applications and statistics on criminal prosecution were “apples and oranges.”但是，博伊德，司法部发言人说，统计数字，法庭批准的参赛指南和申请的统计数字，刑事检控“苹果和橘子” 。
“There are a variety of factors that may account for the increase in court-approved FISA applications since 9/11,” he said. “有各种各样的因素可能占的增加，法院批准的参赛指南申请自9 / 11 ， ”他说。 Boyd said he could not comment on those factors, but said, “It is important to remember that surveillance under FISA is authorized by an independent court and used carefully and judiciously to protect the country from national security threats.”博伊德说，他不能评论这些因素，但说： “这是重要的是要记住监视下，参赛指南，是授权由一个独立的法院和使用的审慎和明智，以保护该国从国家安全的威胁” 。
Certainly, the government has pursued a number of high-profile terrorism cases of late.当然，政府已经采取了若干高姿态恐怖主义的案件已晚。 A US sailor was convicted in March of providing support to terrorists by passing classified information regarding movements of a Navy battle group to operators of an Internet site suspected of terrorist leanings.美国水兵被定罪，在三月提供支持恐怖分子通过机密资料的有关变动的海军战斗群，以经营互联网网站涉嫌恐怖倾向。
The record in court has been somewhat mixed, however.记录在法庭上一直有点混乱，不过。 Federal prosecutors in Miami twice have failed to secure verdicts in the cases of six men accused of plotting to destroy Chicago’s Sears Tower and several FBI offices.联邦检察官在迈阿密的两次失败，以确保判决，在案件六名男子，指控策划摧毁芝加哥的西尔斯大楼和几个美国联邦调查局办事处。 After two mistrials, the “Liberty City Seven” case is due in court in January.经过两年mistrials ， “自由城7号”案，是因为在法庭上，在1月。
Even some former government officials concede many intelligence investigations fail to yield evidence of a serious threat to the US “Most of these threats ultimately turn out to be wrong, or maybe just the investigating makes them go away,” said Washington lawyer Michael Woods, former head of the FBI national security law unit.甚至一些前政府官员也承认，很多情报的调查未能产量的证据，严重威胁到美国的“大部分的这些威胁，最终又是错的，或者，也许只是调查使他们离开，说： ”华盛顿的律师迈克尔伍兹，前团长，联邦调查局，国家安全法的单位。 “A lot more information is going to pass through government hands, and most of that is going to be about people who turn out to be innocent or irrelevant.” “很多的更多信息，是要通过政府手中，而且大部分是要与人有关的谁出来是无辜的或无关” 。
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