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Leaderless resistance, or phantom cell structure, is a social resistance strategy in which small, independent groups (covert cells), or individuals (a solo cell is called a "lone wolf"), challenge an established institution such as a law, economic system, social order, or government.
Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock , 187 U.S. 553 (1903), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case brought against the US government by the Kiowa chief Lone Wolf , who charged that Native American tribes under the Medicine Lodge Treaty had been defrauded of land by Congressional actions in violation of the treaty.
A lone wolf attack, or lone actor attack, is a particular kind of mass murder, committed in a public setting, by an individual who both plans and commits the act on their own. In the United States , such attacks are usually committed with firearms .
"Insurgents also seek to infiltrate the government's institutions, but their object is to destroy the system from within." Clandestine cells form inside the government. "The use of violence remains covert until the government is so weakened that the insurgency's superior organization seizes power, supported by the armed force.
An expert weighed in on what law enforcement keep an eye on to spot potential lone wolf attackers during the Inauguration festivities for President-elect Donald Trump.
A "lone wolf" is a non-U.S. person who engages in or prepares for international terrorism. The provision amended the definition of "foreign power" to permit the FISA courts to issue surveillance and physical search orders without having to find a connection between the "lone wolf" and a foreign government or terrorist group.
He may be the first of a new type of lone wolf. At the turn of the 20th century, police described criminals working by themselves rather than in gangs as “ lone wolves .”
The first point of the triangle is the concept of self-directed attacks, which still remains poorly understood, he said, pointing to the deluge of scholarly studies on the so-called “myth” of ...