Domestic threats called a greater danger to US

[unhappycamper]

Domestic threats called a greater danger to US
By
Associated Press / February 18, 2008

When it comes to fears about a terrorist attack, people in the United States usually focus on Osama bin Laden and foreign-based radical groups. Yet researchers say domestic extremists who commit violence in the name of their cause - abortion or the environment, for example - account for most of the damage from such incidents in this country.

These home-grown groups are seven times more likely than overseas groups to commit some kind of violence in the United States, a panel reported yesterday in Boston at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

In many ways, actions by these domestic extremists can be termed "terrorist" cases, the researchers indicated. "The typical 'terrorist' is an alienated guy, usually a young male," said Brian Forst of American University in Washington.

"They take comfort in like-minded souls and develop an idea they think will make a splash," he said. They do not always carry it out, but sometimes they do, he said. "They are not lunatics."

More research is needed into these domestic extremists and what leads them to commit violence, said Gary LaFree of the National Center for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism in College Park, Md.


Rest of article at: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/02/18/domestic_threats_called_a_greater_danger_to_us/



uhc comment: This is another bullshit story to promote telcomm immunity or S. 1959.

[ixion]

1. it's not terror, it's criminal

and requires criminal solutions, not military and broad-reaching solutions by the fed, and certainly not giving up civil liberties because of extremists.

[fasttense]

2. Woo Ho, a home-grown, USA, domestic product that is more effective than

a foreign product. USA number One, this is hugh!!!1!!1!!!

[liberal N proud]

3. They have put the network in place to deal with known terrorist

Now all they need to do is identify anyone within the US that does not agree with their ideals and classify them as terrorist.

Yes we live in a police state. My father made that comment to me last night, it shocked me. This was a man that served in WWII and served in the American Legion for many years.
He said we have lost too many rights under this regime.

[Demeter]

4. Or Even a Mentally Disturbed Person With Several Legal Weapons

as we've seen demonstrated several times this month alone, is more threat than Al-Qaida!