Social Security Terror Hunt
A tip of the hat to a couple of Medill journalism students, Carlos Roig and Christopher Kriva, who developed a scoop that was featured in The Washington Post. Roig's and Kriva's "Social Security Data a Major Source in Terrorism Probes" reveals how federal investigators have been combing through tens of thousands of Social Security records in their hunt for possible terrorists. Kriva and Roig explain how, although the government lists these cases as terror-related, most actually involve more minor accusations of document fraud. The students do a nice job of putting the numbers in perspective and showing the human side of the terrorism investigations.