A new counterterrorism agency abandoned established statistics-reporting conventions

Evidence

To the surprise and consternation of many specialists in the study of terror, the NCTC abandoned the format and procedures of previous annual reports on terror. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 851

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 851
• XREF: connects to: Terrorist incident counts tripled in one year due to counting changes — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 853; Methodological changes and the Iraq war jointly explain the jump in reported terrorist incidents — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 852; Justice Department overstated terrorism statistics for political gain

Broader Connections

• Justice Department overstated terrorism statistics for political gain #corroborates (0.82)
• Methodological changes and the Iraq war jointly explain the jump in reported terrorist incidents #expands (0.78) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 852