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QUESTION: # of terrorist or enemy of state designated US prisoners

Submitted by blatzburg on Tue, 05/26/2009 - 1:45pm
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How many US prisoners (US citizens held in state or federal cages) are designated as terrorists or enemies of the state? Would also be interested in looking at this over, say, the last fifty years; as even folks with these designations sometimes get out.

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Answer posted by: radbiblio

according to this Slate article (verified by US Bureau of Prisons) there are "139 domestic terrorists" in US prisons.

http://www.slate.com/id/2219268/

added by Jenna, based on radbiblio's research:
as of 4/25/09 -- number of people incarcerated in federal prisons for national security offense: 99 federal bureau of prisons: http://www.bop.gov/news/quick.jsp#4