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In the United States, domestic terrorism is defined as terrorist acts that were carried out within the United States by U.S. citizens and/or U.S. permanent residents. [1] As of 2021, the United States government considers white supremacists to be the top domestic terrorism threat.
The shooting is being treated by authorities as an act of domestic terrorism. [107] [108] While a motive has not been clearly defined, Page had been active in white supremacist groups. [106] Wade Michael Page 164 August 15, 2012 Shooting 0 1 Washington, D.C.
Acts of domestic terrorism are federally charged under specific laws, such as killing federal agents or "attempting to use explosives to destroy a building in interstate commerce". [10] Some state and local governments in the United States do have domestic crimes called "terrorism", [11] including the District of Columbia. [12]
2001 Patriot Act definition of domestic terrorism ... This is a blindspot for prosecuting terrorism in the US, says Javed Ali, a domestic terrorism expert with 20 years of experience at the FBI ...
Seth Jones, CSIS International Security Program Director, joins Yahoo Finance's Kristin Myers to break down a new report detailing the rise of U.S. extremist attacks.
The Department of Homeland Security has launched an “urgent review” into the department’s domestic terrorism and targeted violence efforts in the wake of the mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y ...
It was the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in United States history. Members of the Mississippi branch of the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist terrorist group, who were charged with the conspiracy to murder three civil rights activists in 1964. 1st row: Cecil R. Price, Travis M. Barnette, Alton W. Roberts, Jimmy K. Arledge, Jimmy Snowden.
Under the Patriot Act of 2001, the federal government described domestic terrorism as an act “dangerous to human life” that aimed to intimidate civilians or the government.