10,000 Fugitives

What IS this about?  AG "Torture" Gonzales announcing that:

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- More than 10,000 fugitives from justice have been captured in a nationwide, weeklong dragnet involving federal, state and local authorities, said the U.S. Marshals Service, which led the effort.

So, they knew where 10,000 fugitives were and they waited to go out and get them til press conference week? Does this replace the previous modus operandi of  'raise the terror alert?'
Is this part of a campaign for the Patriot Act or to avert our attention from The Bugman?

•  This has been

  diaried a number of times.
  One is here - 10,340 People Arrested in Mass Round-up. Is this just the beginning?

  by wabegg on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 06:00:35 PM PDT

  •  Thanks, wabegg.

    by Bulldawg on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 06:02:47 PM PDT

  •  Yes thanks

    and sorry--I live overseas, in Asia.  I'm behind the news cycle! I didn't see any diaries on the top page (should have dug farther) and thought it was odd and Orwellian.

    by worried sick on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 06:08:37 PM PDT

    •  Thank you.

      by coloradobl on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 06:27:52 PM PDT

    •  No worries

      the original title was pretty vague, and it was posted hours ago. I was really just being "hey- wait a minute. I personally dumped a lot of links and references into another diary on this topic. Hey, what about me?"

      by wabegg on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 06:45:10 PM PDT

  •  I Recommended the other diary

    I suggest we all click through and do the same.  Lots of thoughtful posts already over there.

    by apotropaic on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 06:55:22 PM PDT

    •  Yes-recommend other diary

      http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/4/14/171610/396

      Go click!

      by worried sick on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 07:41:14 PM PDT

•  I want the entire list of names

  and crimes. These are not all murderers and rapists and robbers, I guarantee it.

  by Earl on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 06:12:02 PM PDT

  •  not names..

    ..but some info can be found at US Marshals Operation Falcon Fact Sheet (PDF link)

    * 4,291 drug cases cleared,

    and according to my calculations
    2147 left over after the breakdown of offenses

    ...but I'm still not clear about the 'warrants cleared' part and how that may overlap, etc...

    by wabegg on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 06:50:23 PM PDT

•  I wonder how many

  Commited crimes while they waited for the go ahead to catch them?  This is just a stupid publicity stunt that could have cost lives.

  by Mikecan1978 on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 06:38:21 PM PDT

•  Bet most

  are illegal aliens guilty of nothing but immigration violations. Just a guess.

  by mole333 on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 06:47:06 PM PDT

•  10,000 Democrats Rounded Up

  After election day, 91% were released after no outstanding warrants were found. Borders remain sealed and no travel Visas are being issued at this time, according to Homeland Security Secretary Bernard Kerik.

  10,000 GOP Convention Protesters Arrested
  Months later, 91% were released after no evidence of wrongdoing was presented.

  10,000 Heritic Christians Rounded Up
  Heritic Christians from fringe liberal churches were to be sent to Baptist reeducation camps located throughout the Bible Belt, Attorney General Joe Scarborough announced today.

  by GW Chimpzilla on Thu Apr 14, 2005 at 07:14:54 PM PDT