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- adjective Not of or pertaining to
terrorism .
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Examples
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Nearly 35% of the names attributed to the FBI on the watch list came from old or nonterrorism investigations.
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For one thing, critics have chided the government for keeping much of its evidence of terrorist connections secret and resorting to nonterrorism charges, such as tax and money-laundering violations, to put the leaders of some charities out of business.
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As a result, in the entire United States, in 2007, there were a total of just 2,208 nonterrorism wiretaps ordered by federal and local courts.
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U.S. investigators can separately "flag" people they want to track or question for nonterrorism matters through the Customs and Border Protection agency.
Europe Bristles at U.S. Security Evan Perez in Washington 2008
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Since 2004, F.B.I. officials have warned that mortgage fraud posed a looming threat, and the bureau has repeatedly asked the Bush administration for more money to replenish the ranks of agents handling nonterrorism investigations.
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The U.S. can, for instance, threaten to cut off Pakistan's supply of F-16 fighter jets and other nonterrorism-related aid.
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But the 54 defendants do not include, for example, those charged only with lying to agents in a terrorism investigation, or the Army psychiatrist in the Fort Hood military base shooting who faces nonterrorism murder charges brought by military prosecutors instead of civilian charges.
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But the 54 defendants do not include, for example, those charged only with lying to agents in a terrorism investigation, or the Army psychiatrist in the Fort Hood military base shooting who faces nonterrorism murder charges brought by military prosecutors instead of civilian charges.
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But the 54 defendants do not include, for example, those charged only with lying to agents in a terrorism investigation, or the Army psychiatrist in the Fort Hood military base shooting who faces nonterrorism murder charges brought by military prosecutors instead of civilian charges.
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Federal law does require the disclosure of certain types of wiretaps -- in 2004, for instance, there were 1,442 nonterrorism-related wiretaps, and only 4 percent targeted computers and electronic devices.
New Mobilities: Ce-more about what's happening in the mobile world Kingsley 2010
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