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It is difficult to get info on domestic terrorism bc of a fear in the abuse of jurisdiction and privacy issues. The govt cannot investigate the private lives of US Citizens like they can with international aliens. Bc the domestic terrorist ideals are protected, they are more likely to work within the veil of anonymity.
http://www.mintpressnews.com/fbi-profiles-anti-authority-groups-as-domestic-terrorists/
A need for temperance
“Law enforcement should be proactive to the extent that they (law enforcement officials) are aware of the group(s) and their membership and only react when a violation has occurred,” said Tod Burke, associate dean and professor of criminal justice at Radford (Vir.) University. “Therefore, the members should be treated with the same due process rights as all citizens. *However, if there is a plot that may harm others, beyond mere thoughts, then proper enforcement should be enacted (e.g., a threat to blow up a building).”
“With respect to monitoring them, that’s nothing new,” Scafidi agreed. “The government has always had some kind of awareness of fringe groups whether they are sovereign citizens, militia members, neo-Nazis, eco-terrorists, etc. But to “monitor” in the sense of having some cyber leash on them would take this to another level — one that would most likely involve getting some kind of judicial authority for doing so. And if a court is granting that authority, then you most likely have a crime that has been committed, and a crime of such significance that it will be prosecuted.”
“Profiling and monitoring individuals absent some information or suspicion that they are conspiring to commit a crime or that a they have committed a crime is an area that, post-9/11 is evolving,” Scafidi continued. “I would defer to the lawyers among us to opine on that aspect, but government monitoring of individuals based solely on their radical beliefs and/or associations is not something our Constitution embraces — and, I believe, rightly so.”
Praying for everyone affected by this travesty.
