Trial and Terror

The U.S. government has prosecuted more than 800 people for terrorism since the 9/11 attacks. Most of them never committed an act of violence.

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 14: A security officer stands outside of U.S. Federal Court House on the morning the court begins jury selection for the Abu Hamza terrorism trial on April 14, 2014 in New York City. Hamza, a disabled Egyptian Islamic preacher who was extradited from Britain following charges he conspired to support al-Qaida, is being charged for trying to create a terrorist training camp in Oregon 15 years ago. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Part 7

NSA Secretly Helped Convict Defendants in U.S. Courts, Classified Documents Reveal

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Part 6

The FBI Pressured a Lonely Young Man Into a Bomb Plot. He Tried to Back Out. Now He’s Serving Life in Prison.

A woman enters the Al-Farooq mosque, center, on Atlantic Avenue in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, March 5, 2003. Prosecutors alleged in a complaint unsealed in a Brooklyn federal court that the storefront mosque in Brooklyn was a lucrative source of funds for al-Qaida, that some of the millions of dollars raised by a Yemeni cleric for the terrorist group was collected at the mosque. (AP Photo/Scout Tufankjian)

Part 5

The U.S. Has Released 417 Alleged Terrorists Since 9/11. The Latest Owned an Islamic Bookstore.

High School Student of NYC are protesting following current political shift of USA that ave been affecting muslim and immigrant students at Foley Square, New York, USA, 7 February 2017. (Photo by Anik Rahman/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Part 4

The Government’s Own Data Shows Country of Origin Is a Poor Predictor of Terrorist Threat

Part 3

FBI Stings Zero In on ISIS Sympathizers. Few Have Terrorist Links.

Part 2

Terrorism Defendants With Concrete Ties to Violent Extremists Leverage Their Connections to Avoid Prison

Part 1

More Than 400 People Convicted of Terrorism in the U.S. Have Been Released Since 9/11