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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 .
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.
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.
The "lone wolf" image obscures the extent to which individuals become radicalized through personal association with like-minded people, in what might be termed "wolf dens," experts on ...
The threat of potential lone wolf actors was heightened after a machete-wielding suspect attempted to get through a magnetometer and X-ray security screen as Trump was paying respect to former ...
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.
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 bill ultimately passed the Senate 67–32 on June 2, 2015 [67] [68] [69] and reinstated three lapsed authorities i.e. the "Section 215" authority, the "lone wolf" authority and the "roving wiretaps" authority of the Patriot Act, [70] while reforming the "Section 215" authority. President Obama signed the legislation on the sixth day.