posted by someone else and linked earlier (katy?)
per the fbi
"domestic terrorism" means activities with the following three characteristics:
- involve acts dangerous to human life that violate federal or state law;
- appear intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination. Or kidnapping; and
- occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the u.s.
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/terrorism/terrorism-definition