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JUSTICE: Most cases labeled "terrorism" by the Justice Department early this year had nothing to do with terrorists or attacks. PHILADELPHIA - In the first two months of this year, the Justice Department filed "terrorism" charges against 56 people. But an investigation has found that at least 41 of them had nothing to do with terrorism -- a point that prosecutors acknowledge. Among the cases: • 28 Latinos charged with working illegally at the airport in Austin, Texas, most of them using phony Social Security numbers. • Eight Puerto Ricans charged with trespassing on Navy property on the island of...

Federal authorities arrested possibly more than 100 George Bush Intercontinental Airport employees who have criminal records or immigration violations early this morning. The sweep is part of Operation Tarmac, a nationwide push to secure airports after the 9/11 attacks in Washington, New York and Pennsylvania. In the Houston round-up, some of the employees were told to report to the airport's Marriott Hotel to pick up new badges. Instead, the feds arrested them and took them to the federal court house to face charges of various criminal offenses. Other employees were rounded up in Terminal A. While other airports around the...