DHS report on Domestic Terrorism

[MattCary]

Found this interesting: DHS Report.

http://start.umd.edu/start/publications/research_briefs/LaFree_Bersani_HotSpotsOfUSTerrorism.pdf

They claim 2600 acts of terrorism in the US since 1970, but never define it.

Wonder what they are counting as terrorism? I would have come up with less than 10.

[c.a.willard]

the threatened or actual use of illegal force by non-state actors, in order to attain a political, economic, religious or social goal, through fear, coercion or intimidation

So alot of Fringe "organizations" would fit into that catagory. Any violent extreamest act could fall into that, for example any of the anti abortion violence that has happened. Alot of firebombings from several organizations in the 70's and 80's probably fall into this category. They probably even count that guy back in 2010 that flew a small plan into a government building and killed an IRS agent.

[Guest 6.8 AR]

That's a state sponsored cheap attempt to make anything criminal into a "terrorist" problem.

That report is a load of crap. It's very easy to assume a political stance is being moved

forward. Call us what you want, Janet. Have a professor justify your agenda.