RE: U.S. definition of Terrorism

["Richard L. Hess" <lists@richardhess.com>]

Rick, I suspect that when a "religious objective" changes from a discussion 

of what will be the closing hymn for the Christmas Eve service or how 

exactly does one define transubstantiation into attempting to modify the 

behavior or beliefs of others (independent of whether or not they are 

already in your camp) through "the unlawful use of force or violence" it is 

no longer a "religious objective" but would easily become a "social 

objective" or a "political objective." I would guess that "social 

objective" would apply to individuals' conduct and "political objective" 

would apply to changing the governmental structure.



Cheers,



Richard



At 06:11 PM 12/11/2002 -0600, Strickert, Rick wrote:

>David I. Chanin noted:

>

>         According to the CONPLAN, the FBI will use the following definition

>         in making that determination:

>

>         "Terrorism includes the unlawful use of force or violence against 

> persons or

>         property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian 

> population, or

>         any segment thereof, in furtherance of social or political 

> objectives."

>

>I wonder why the FBI left out "religious objectives".





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