State Dept. Won't Release Terror Statistics
by TChris
The State Department seems to have a new philosophy: if you can't do the job right, don't do it at all.
The State Department said on Monday it will stop releasing annual statistics on terrorism deaths after officials botched last year's count, leaving the intelligence community to publish and explain the data.
TalkLeft discussed last year's misleading report here.
The National Counterterrorism Center is now tasked with compiling and releasing the data. When it will do so is unknown.
Critics suggested the State Department might be removing the data from its terrorism report because they could show a rise in attacks and deaths and raise questions about the Bush administration's claims to be winning the war on terrorism.