Reason Federal Prosecutor Gave for Declining To Prosecute International Terrorism Criminal Referrals

Reason Recorded for Declining to Prosecute	Number
Agency request	117
Lack of evidence of criminal intent	108
Weak or insufficient admissible evidence	97
No federal offense evident	86
Suspect to be prosecuted by other authorities	67
Office policy	65
All work completed	35
No known suspect	26
Suspect deceased	22
Witness problems	14
Opened in Error/Office Error	12
Minimal federal interest or no deterrent value	11
Suspect being prosecuted on other charges (e.g., UFAPs)	9
Jurisdiction or venue problems	7
Lack of investigative resources	7
Lack of prosecutive resources	7
Dism: by govt from District Court w/o DOJ authorization	6
Department Policy	6
Defendant similarly charged in subsequent instrument	4
Suspect deported	4
Staleness	2
Declined per instructions from DOJ	2
Suspects cooperation	2
Suspect a fugitive	2
Citation filed	2
Civil, admin or other disciplinary alternatives	2
Statute of Limitations	1
Rule 20 (District Court)	1
Extradition	1
Deferred to State Authorities from District Court (e.g., UFAPs)	1
Juvenile suspect	1
Pretrial diversion completed	1
Dism: by govt from Magistrate Court w/o DOJ authorization	1
Indictment filed (following a complaint filing)	1
Suspect serving sentence	1
Rule 40	1