The United States Justice Department grossly mismanaged the war on terror and exaggerated its success in fighting terrorism, a federal prosecutor alleges in a lawsuit against attorney-general John Ashcroft.
The allegations come from Richard Convertino, the lead prosecutor in the first major post-September 11, 2001 prosecution which resulted in the conviction of three members of an alleged terrorism sleeper cell in Detroit.
The suit charges that a senior official in the Justice Department's terrorism and violent crimes section told Convertino that positive news reports concerning the department's success against terrorism efforts were overblown.
"The press gives us more credit than we deserve," the lawsuit quotes the official as telling Convertino.
From correspondents in Washington
19feb04
The United States Justice Department grossly mismanaged the war on terror and exaggerated its success in fighting terrorism, a federal prosecutor alleges in a lawsuit against attorney-general John Ashcroft.
The allegations come from Richard Convertino, the lead prosecutor in the first major post-September 11, 2001 prosecution which resulted in the conviction of three members of an alleged terrorism sleeper cell in Detroit.
The suit charges that a senior official in the Justice Department's terrorism and violent crimes section told Convertino that positive news reports concerning the department's success against terrorism efforts were overblown.
"The press gives us more credit than we deserve," the lawsuit quotes the official as telling Convertino.
Covertino also accuses his employers of "gross mismanagement", in the war on terror, with heavy-handed officials at Justice Department headquarters in Washington hindering prosecutors in the field.
The 42-year-old prosecutor says his repeated pleas for assistance were ignored and alleges there was a "lack of support and cooperation, lack of effective assistance, lack of resources and intradepartmental infighting" in terrorism cases.
"These concerns directly related to the ability of the United States to effectively utilise the criminal justice system as a component in the 'war on terrorism'," the lawsuit said.
Attorney-general John Ashcroft frequently praised the Detroit case as a success in the war on terror, but the case has recently begun to unravel.
Convertino is facing an internal Justice Department investigation for failing to disclose relevant information to the defence, including an allegation that the government's key witness was lying, until long after the trial ended in June 2002.
Convertino claims the Justice Department is retaliating against him because he has attacked its efforts in the war on terror, and is seeking damages under the Privacy Act in the suit.
It would be good for one of us to look into this Detroit case referenced, and find out why it's unraveling, according to the article.
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