What Is, And Isn't, Considered Domestic Terrorism
7 years, 5 months ago

What Is, And Isn't, Considered Domestic Terrorism

NPR  

What Is, And Isn't, Considered Domestic Terrorism Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images The investigation into the Las Vegas shooting is still in the early stages, yet there already is a familiar debate about whether to call it an act of "domestic terrorism." The second important point is that there isn't a federal charge of "domestic terrorism." --Timothy McVeigh was widely described as carrying out the worst act of domestic terrorism when he killed 168 people in a 1995 bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City. They say they already have the tools to investigate and bring charges in any case involving an attempted or actual mass attack — and creating a domestic terrorism charge could quickly raise all sorts of First Amendment questions, about free speech, religion and ideology.

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Law enforcement isn't equipped to handle domestic terrorism around elections: former counter-intel officer
2 years, 2 months ago

Law enforcement isn't equipped to handle domestic terrorism around elections: former counter-intel officer

Raw Story  

Frank Figliuzzi, the former FBI official that helped lead the counter-intelligence office, warned that the local law enforcement dealing with the new domestic terrorism threats against lawmakers and local officials are woefully ill-equipped to handle it. And we still, Nicolle, you know what I'm going to say, to this day don't have a federal domestic terrorism law. This guy is …

House passes domestic terrorism bill after Buffalo shooting
2 years, 10 months ago

House passes domestic terrorism bill after Buffalo shooting

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The House passed legislation late Wednesday night that would bolster federal resources to prevent domestic terrorism in response to the racist mass shooting in Buffalo, New York. The Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act is what Congress can do this week to try to prevent future Buffalo shootings,” Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., who first introduced the measure in 2017, said …

Justice Department Creating Unit Focused On Domestic Terrorism
3 years, 2 months ago

Justice Department Creating Unit Focused On Domestic Terrorism

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is establishing a specialized unit focused on domestic terrorism, the department’s top national security official told lawmakers Tuesday as he described an “elevated” threat from violent extremists in the United States. Olsen’s assessment about growing domestic threats tracked with a warning last March from FBI Director Christopher Wray, who testified that the …

D.C. Cop Defines 'Terrorists' To Explain Why He Refers To U.S. Capitol Rioters That Way
3 years, 7 months ago

D.C. Cop Defines 'Terrorists' To Explain Why He Refers To U.S. Capitol Rioters That Way

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges repeatedly characterized the Jan. 6 insurrectionists as terrorists on Tuesday and explained exactly why by referring to the term’s definition in the federal code. It’s gained a lot of notoriety in our vocabulary in the past few decades.,” Hodges told the House select committee when asked by Rep. Jamie Raskin …

A domestic terror law could quash political dissent in the US
4 years, 9 months ago

A domestic terror law could quash political dissent in the US

Al Jazeera  

Passing a law allowing the designation of domestic groups as terrorist would allow the government to silence opposition. Should Congress pass a law authorising domestic groups to be designated as terrorist according to this definition, it would be the death knell of political groups disfavoured by whoever is president at a particular time. Moreover, calls for a new statute that …

Experts push for domestic terrorism law after attacks
5 years, 7 months ago

Experts push for domestic terrorism law after attacks

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Seven days, three mass shootings, 34 dead. Even if there’s a domestic terrorism investigation, no specific domestic terrorism law exists in the federal criminal code. The legal gap has prompted many survivors, victims’ families, law enforcement officials and legal experts to call on lawmakers to create a domestic terrorism law that could aid investigators and punish perpetrators. …

Mass shootings highlight critical gaps in stopping domestic terrorism
5 years, 7 months ago

Mass shootings highlight critical gaps in stopping domestic terrorism

CNN  

CNN — The US has struggled to confront the rise of domestic terrorism threats, drawing concern from lawmakers and former officials that there is a lack of a cohesive strategy to deal with the problem and the limited resources available skew towards international efforts. Despite the rise in domestic cases, there is no federal charge for “domestic terrorism.” The US …

The Fight Over Treating Neo-Nazi Terrorists Differently From Muslim Ones
5 years, 11 months ago

The Fight Over Treating Neo-Nazi Terrorists Differently From Muslim Ones

Huff Post  

Marc Janks/HuffPost; Images: Getty For years, the federal government has avoided calling domestic terrorists what they are. Federal Law Makes It Difficult to Charge White Supremacist Terrorists As Terrorists Domestic terrorism is already defined under federal law — there just aren’t any criminal penalties associated with the definition. As it stands, McCord told HuffPost, terrorism laws on the books “don’t …

Homegrown terrorism: A plague we cannot ignore
6 years, 4 months ago

Homegrown terrorism: A plague we cannot ignore

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. Saturday’s massacre at a Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh reminds us that political violence, partly enabled by the most permissive gun laws in the West, is a recurring plague in the United States. Peter Bergen CNN If …

FBI Agents And The Internet Agree: The Feds Should Call Terrorism What It Is
6 years, 11 months ago

FBI Agents And The Internet Agree: The Feds Should Call Terrorism What It Is

Huff Post  

FBI agents collect evidence at a FedEx facility following an explosion at a nearby sorting center on Tuesday in Sunset Valley, Texas. “Calling it what it is is something that I believe is important,” Thomas O’Connor, a current FBI agent who has worked on domestic terrorism investigations, said in an interview earlier this year. “But when it’s a domestic terrorist, …

The Austin bombings weren’t labeled ‘terrorism.’ Here’s why
6 years, 11 months ago

The Austin bombings weren’t labeled ‘terrorism.’ Here’s why

CNN  

CNN — A man terrifies a city for weeks, detonating explosive devices that kill two people.Then, when cornered by police, he blows himself up with one of his bombs. “But, instead, it is the outcry of a very challenged young man talking about challenges in his personal life that led him to this point.” That characterization of Conditt’s actions – …

There's A Good Reason Feds Don't Call White Guys Terrorists, Says DOJ Domestic Terror Chief
7 years, 2 months ago

There's A Good Reason Feds Don't Call White Guys Terrorists, Says DOJ Domestic Terror Chief

Huff Post  

WASHINGTON ― Every time a white man tries to kill Americans en masse, people ask law enforcement officers, politicians and journalists the same question: Why isn’t this terrorism? “In many instances, the government is going to be constrained, to a certain degree, from stepping in front of a podium and saying, ‘Ladies and gentleman, we’re revealing domestic terrorism here.’” - …

Las Vegas shooting doesn't classify as 'terrorism'; Donald Trump's refusal to call it so is justified
7 years, 5 months ago

Las Vegas shooting doesn't classify as 'terrorism'; Donald Trump's refusal to call it so is justified

Firstpost  

Louise Richardson, a political scientist stresses upon the need to determine the motivation behind the crime, before labelling it as terrorism As Americans recuperate from the initial shock and grief of Sunday’s shootout in Las Vegas that killed 59 people, there has been a strong demand of condemning the crime as “an act of terrorism”. From singer Ariana Grande, whose …

Terrorism, race, religion: Defining the Las Vegas shooting
7 years, 5 months ago

Terrorism, race, religion: Defining the Las Vegas shooting

Associated Press  

The mass shooting in Las Vegas is the deadliest in modern U.S. history, but is it terrorism? Then-President Barack Obama called it “an act of terror and an act of hate.” Within hours of the Pulse shooting, then-candidate Donald Trump send a self-congratulatory tweet “for being right on radical Islamic terrorism.” On Monday, as president, Trump offered condolences to victims …

Domestic Terrorism Isn't A Federal Crime. DOJ May Try To Change That.
7 years, 7 months ago

Domestic Terrorism Isn't A Federal Crime. DOJ May Try To Change That.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ― The facts read like a textbook case of terrorism: A radicalized extremist revved-up on hate rammed his Dodge Challenger into a crowd of U.S. citizens making their voices heard on the streets of an American city. As of the time of this article’s publication, DOJ hasn’t said whether Attorney General Jeff Sessions would support …

Charlottesville killing was an act of domestic terrorism
7 years, 7 months ago

Charlottesville killing was an act of domestic terrorism

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is a CNN National Security Analyst, a vice president at New America and the author of “United States of Jihad: Who Are America’s Homegrown Terrorists and How Do We Stop Them?” The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. Story highlights Peter Bergen: Incident shows that political violence in the US takes many forms That includes …

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