Excelsior Defining Terrorism Discussion

Question Description

These questions in your initial post:

How has domestic terrorism changed since the 1960s?

What are the inherent ambiguity issues the FBI has in defining domestic terrorism, and how might they be clarified?

Read/References:

Required

Module Notes One: Defining Terrorism

Module Notes Two: A Brief History of Domestic Terrorism

Beutel, A. J. (2007, October).  A Definition of Terrorism. (Links to an external site.) (p. 2) [PDF, File Size 448KB]. In: Perils of empire Islamophobia, religious extremism and the new imperialism.  Paper presented at AMSS 36th Annual Conference. College Park, Maryland. Retrieved from http://www.m inaret.org/breach.pdf

Bjelopera, J.P. (2013). The Domestic terrorist threat: Background and issues for Congress. (Links to an external site.) [PDF, File size, 730KB] Retrieved from  https://fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/R42536.pdf

Sacco, L. (2021, January 13). Domestic Terrorism and the Attack on the U.S. Capitol. CRS Insight. Retrieved from:https://fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/IN11573.pdf (Links to an external site.)

Hewitt, C. (2014).  Chapter 11: Terrorism and extremism in the United States: A historical overview. (Links to an external site.) In Michael, G. and Project, M. (Eds.), Extremism in America (pp. 294–310). Gainesville: Florida:  University Press of Florida. Retrieved from http://vlib.excelsior.edu/login?url=http://search....

Richards, A. (2014). Conceptualizing Terrorism. (Links to an external site.) Studies In Conflict & Terrorism, 37(3), 213–236. Retrieved from http://vlib.excelsior.edu/login?url=http://search....

Schmid, A. (2004). “Terrorism on trial: Terrorism – the definitional problem.” (Links to an external site.) Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 36, 375. Retrieved from http://vlib.excelsior.edu/login?url=http://search....