Kudos to Dan Eggen, Julie Tate and Derek Willis
for asking the basic question this week: “What do we know and how do we
know it?”  When that process is applied to White House claims
about the value of the Patriot Act in fighting terrorists, the WH looks
a little gray.  And all it took was some digging of the data, followed by
counting, to help set the record state.  See:



U.S. Campaign Produces Few Convictions on Terrorism Charges:Statistics Often Count Lesser Crimes“

By Dan Eggen and Julie Tate

Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, June 12, 2005; Page A01