SettingsTerrorism in the United States
18th Street gang
18th Street gang, also known as M18, Calle 18, Barrio 18, La18 or Mara-18 in Central America, is a ruthless, multi-ethnic transnational criminal organization that started as a street gang in the...
18th Street gang, also known as M18, Calle 18, Barrio 18, La18 or Mara-18 in Central America, is a ruthless, multi-ethnic transnational criminal organization that started as a street gang in the...
2001 anthrax attacks
The 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States, also known as Amerithrax from its Federal Bureau of Investigation case name, occurred over the course of several weeks beginning on Tuesday, ...
The 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States, also known as Amerithrax from its Federal Bureau of Investigation case name, occurred over the course of several weeks beginning on Tuesday, ...
2006 transatlantic aircraft plot
The 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot was a terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives carried on board at least 10 airliners travelling from the United Kingdom to the United States and Canada.
The 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot was a terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives carried on board at least 10 airliners travelling from the United Kingdom to the United States and Canada.
2006 transatlantic aircraft plot suspects
According to British and American authorities, the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot was a terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives carried on board several airliners travelling from the Unit...
According to British and American authorities, the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot was a terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives carried on board several airliners travelling from the Unit...
2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot
The 2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot was an alleged Islamist terrorist plot to blow up a system of jet fuel supply tanks and pipelines that feed fuel to John F. Kennedy Int...
The 2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot was an alleged Islamist terrorist plot to blow up a system of jet fuel supply tanks and pipelines that feed fuel to John F. Kennedy Int...
Animal Liberation Front
The Animal Liberation Front is an international, underground leaderless resistance that engages in illegal direct action in pursuit of animal liberation.
The Animal Liberation Front is an international, underground leaderless resistance that engages in illegal direct action in pursuit of animal liberation.
Aryan Nations
Aryan Nations is a white supremacist religious organization originally based in Hayden Lake, Idaho.
Aryan Nations is a white supremacist religious organization originally based in Hayden Lake, Idaho.
Bernardine Dohrn
Bernardine Rae Dohrn is an Associate Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law and the immediate past Director of Northwestern's Children and Family Justice Center.
Bernardine Rae Dohrn is an Associate Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law and the immediate past Director of Northwestern's Children and Family Justice Center.
Black Liberation Army
The Black Liberation Army was an underground, black nationalist-Marxist militant organization that operated in the United States from 1970 to 1981.
The Black Liberation Army was an underground, black nationalist-Marxist militant organization that operated in the United States from 1970 to 1981.
Black Revolutionary Assault Team
The Black Revolutionary Assault Team was a small terrorist group that carried out a few bombings in New York City during 1971.
The Black Revolutionary Assault Team was a small terrorist group that carried out a few bombings in New York City during 1971.
Bruce Edwards Ivins
Bruce Edwards Ivins was an American microbiologist, vaccinologist, senior biodefense researcher at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Fort Detrick, Maryl...
Bruce Edwards Ivins was an American microbiologist, vaccinologist, senior biodefense researcher at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Fort Detrick, Maryl...
Christian Identity
Christian Identity is a label applied to a wide variety of loosely affiliated believers and churches with a racialized theology.
Christian Identity is a label applied to a wide variety of loosely affiliated believers and churches with a racialized theology.
Christopher Paul
Christopher Paul is an American convert to Islam and member of al Qaeda, who has pled guilty to acts of terrorism.
Christopher Paul is an American convert to Islam and member of al Qaeda, who has pled guilty to acts of terrorism.
Constitutional militia movement
The modern constitutional militia movement, the constitutionalist wing of the "militia movement" in the United States, became active in the mid 1990s in response to outrage about the violent con...
The modern constitutional militia movement, the constitutionalist wing of the "militia movement" in the United States, became active in the mid 1990s in response to outrage about the violent con...
Cuban Power
Cuban Power or El Poder Cubano was an Anti-Castro terrorist group that conducted bombings against Cuban targets and states and entities they felt to be sympathetic to the Castro regime thr...
Cuban Power or El Poder Cubano was an Anti-Castro terrorist group that conducted bombings against Cuban targets and states and entities they felt to be sympathetic to the Castro regime thr...
Daniel Maldonado
Daniel Maldonado, also known by his adopted Muslim name Daniel Aljughaifi, is a U.S. convert to a fundamentalist Islam who faces charges for an alleged association with terrorism.
Daniel Maldonado, also known by his adopted Muslim name Daniel Aljughaifi, is a U.S. convert to a fundamentalist Islam who faces charges for an alleged association with terrorism.
David Lane (white nationalist)
David Eden Lane (November 2, 1938 – May 28, 2007) was an American white nationalist leader and convicted felon.
David Eden Lane (November 2, 1938 – May 28, 2007) was an American white nationalist leader and convicted felon.
Derrick Shareef
Derrick Shareef, also known as Talib Abu Salam Ibn Shareef, is an accused Islamic terrorist who is charged with trying to trade stereo speakers for handgrenades and a handgun as part of pl...
Derrick Shareef, also known as Talib Abu Salam Ibn Shareef, is an accused Islamic terrorist who is charged with trying to trade stereo speakers for handgrenades and a handgun as part of pl...
Discovery Communications headquarters hostage crisis
The Discovery Communications headquarters hostage crisis occurred on September 1, 2010 at the headquarters of Discovery Communications in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, when 43-year-old...
The Discovery Communications headquarters hostage crisis occurred on September 1, 2010 at the headquarters of Discovery Communications in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, when 43-year-old...
Domestic Extremism Lexicon
The Domestic Extremism Lexicon is a reference aid released by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that defines different classifications of extremists.
The Domestic Extremism Lexicon is a reference aid released by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that defines different classifications of extremists.
Domestic terrorism in the United States
Domestic terrorism in the United States between 1980 and 2000 consisted of 250 of the 335 incidents confirmed as or suspected to be terrorist acts by the FBI. These 250 attacks are conside...
Domestic terrorism in the United States between 1980 and 2000 consisted of 250 of the 335 incidents confirmed as or suspected to be terrorist acts by the FBI. These 250 attacks are conside...
Earth Liberation Front
The Earth Liberation Front, also known as "Elves" or "The Elves", is the collective name for autonomous individuals or covert cells who, according to the ELF Press Office, use "econo...
The Earth Liberation Front, also known as "Elves" or "The Elves", is the collective name for autonomous individuals or covert cells who, according to the ELF Press Office, use "econo...
Eyad Ismoil
Eyad Ismoil (اياد اسماعيل), also transliterated as Eyad Ismail, (born circa 1971) is a Jordanian citizen who, for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was convicted by the Unit...
Eyad Ismoil (اياد اسماعيل), also transliterated as Eyad Ismail, (born circa 1971) is a Jordanian citizen who, for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was convicted by the Unit...
Fort Hood shooting
The Fort Hood shooting was a mass shooting that took place on November 5, 2009, at Fort Hood, the most populous U.S. military installation in the world, located just outside Killeen, Texas.
The Fort Hood shooting was a mass shooting that took place on November 5, 2009, at Fort Hood, the most populous U.S. military installation in the world, located just outside Killeen, Texas.
George Jackson Brigade
The George Jackson Brigade, is a Seattle based revolutionary group, which was named after George Jackson, a dissident prisoner and Black Panther member shot and killed during an alleged escape a...
The George Jackson Brigade, is a Seattle based revolutionary group, which was named after George Jackson, a dissident prisoner and Black Panther member shot and killed during an alleged escape a...
High-Value Interrogation Group
The High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) is an intelligence-gathering group created by the President of the United States in August 2009.
The High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) is an intelligence-gathering group created by the President of the United States in August 2009.
Hutaree
Hutaree is a militia movement group adhering to the ideology of the Christian Patriot movement, based in Adrian, Michigan, in the United States.
Hutaree is a militia movement group adhering to the ideology of the Christian Patriot movement, based in Adrian, Michigan, in the United States.
IPresent!
iPresent! is newspaper published by School of the Americas Watch.
iPresent! is newspaper published by School of the Americas Watch.
Jamaat ul-Fuqra
Jamaat ul-Fuqra (alternatively Jamaat al-Fuqra) (Arabic: جماعة الفقراء, "Community of the Impoverished") is a paramilitary organization of mostly African-American Muslims based in Pa...
Jamaat ul-Fuqra (alternatively Jamaat al-Fuqra) (Arabic: جماعة الفقراء, "Community of the Impoverished") is a paramilitary organization of mostly African-American Muslims based in Pa...
James Ellison (polygamist)
James Ellison former student at Lincoln Bible College, Lincoln, IL was a white supremacist leader from San Antonio, Texas who, in 1971, founded the radical organization The Covenant, The Sword, ...
James Ellison former student at Lincoln Bible College, Lincoln, IL was a white supremacist leader from San Antonio, Texas who, in 1971, founded the radical organization The Covenant, The Sword, ...
Jeff Fort
Jeff Fort is a former Chicago gang leader, co-founder of the Black P. Stones gang, and founder of its El Rukn faction.
Jeff Fort is a former Chicago gang leader, co-founder of the Black P. Stones gang, and founder of its El Rukn faction.
John Brown Anti-Klan Committee
The John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC) was an anti-racist organization based in the United States.
The John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC) was an anti-racist organization based in the United States.
Juan Zarate
Juan Zarate was a Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism during the George W. Bush administration.
Juan Zarate was a Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism during the George W. Bush administration.
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan, often abbreviated KKK and informally known as the Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present far-right organizations in the United States, which have advocate...
Ku Klux Klan, often abbreviated KKK and informally known as the Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present far-right organizations in the United States, which have advocate...
Lynne Stewart
Lynne Irene Stewart is a former attorney who represented controversial, poor, and often unpopular defendants who was convicted on charges of conspiracy and providing material support to terroris...
Lynne Irene Stewart is a former attorney who represented controversial, poor, and often unpopular defendants who was convicted on charges of conspiracy and providing material support to terroris...
Mara Salvatrucha
Mara Salvatrucha is a transnational criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles and has spread to other parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America.
Mara Salvatrucha is a transnational criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles and has spread to other parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America.
Maras (gangs)
Maras (or marabuntas) are gangs originating from Central American countries such as El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.
Maras (or marabuntas) are gangs originating from Central American countries such as El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.
Matthew Landy Steen
Matthew Landy Steen is a former member of the Weather Underground Organization, a New Left activist and editor of Berkeley Tribe and other underground newspapers in the 1960s.
Matthew Landy Steen is a former member of the Weather Underground Organization, a New Left activist and editor of Berkeley Tribe and other underground newspapers in the 1960s.
May 19th Communist Organization
The May 19th Communist Organization, was a US-based, self-described revolutionary organization formed by members of the Weather Underground Organization.
The May 19th Communist Organization, was a US-based, self-described revolutionary organization formed by members of the Weather Underground Organization.
Michael Finton
Michael C. Finton, also known as Talib Islam (طالب إسلام – Ṭạlib Islām; born in ), a convert to Islam and a part-time cook at a fish and chicken restaurant, attempted to bomb the Paul Find...
Michael C. Finton, also known as Talib Islam (طالب إسلام – Ṭạlib Islām; born in ), a convert to Islam and a part-time cook at a fish and chicken restaurant, attempted to bomb the Paul Find...
Militia movement
The militia movement is a political movement of paramilitary groups in the United States.
The militia movement is a political movement of paramilitary groups in the United States.
Mutulu Shakur
Mutulu Shakur (born August 8, 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland as Jeral Wayne Williams), is a former proponent of the Republic of New Afrika and a close friend of Geronimo Pratt.
Mutulu Shakur (born August 8, 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland as Jeral Wayne Williams), is a former proponent of the Republic of New Afrika and a close friend of Geronimo Pratt.
National Special Security Event
A National Special Security Event (NSSE) is an event deemed by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to be an attractive target for terrorists, due to the event's visibil...
A National Special Security Event (NSSE) is an event deemed by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to be an attractive target for terrorists, due to the event's visibil...
Oklahoma City bombing
The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995.
The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995.
Operation Northwoods
Operation Northwoods was a series of false-flag proposals that originated within the United States government in 1962 that were rejected by the Kennedy administration.
Operation Northwoods was a series of false-flag proposals that originated within the United States government in 1962 that were rejected by the Kennedy administration.
Operation Vigilant Eagle
Operation Vigilant Eagle is an American law-enforcement effort headed by the FBI aimed at preventing political violence by "lone wolf" terrorists.
Operation Vigilant Eagle is an American law-enforcement effort headed by the FBI aimed at preventing political violence by "lone wolf" terrorists.
Phineas Priesthood
The Phineas Priesthood or Phineas Priests (also spelled Phinehas) is a Christian Identity movement that opposes interracial intercourse, the mixing of races, homosexuality, and abortion.
The Phineas Priesthood or Phineas Priests (also spelled Phinehas) is a Christian Identity movement that opposes interracial intercourse, the mixing of races, homosexuality, and abortion.
Posse Comitatus (organization)
The Posse Comitatus is a loosely organized far right social movement that opposes the United States federal government and believes in localism.
The Posse Comitatus is a loosely organized far right social movement that opposes the United States federal government and believes in localism.
Reno Gang
The Reno Brothers Gang, also known as the Reno Gang, and nicknamed "The Jackson Thieves" were a group of criminals that operated in the Midwestern United States during and just after the A...
The Reno Brothers Gang, also known as the Reno Gang, and nicknamed "The Jackson Thieves" were a group of criminals that operated in the Midwestern United States during and just after the A...
Resistance Conspiracy case
The Resistance Conspiracy case (1988-1990) was a Federal Judicial trial in the United States in which six people were charged with the 1983 U.S. Senate bombing and related bombings of Fort McNai...
The Resistance Conspiracy case (1988-1990) was a Federal Judicial trial in the United States in which six people were charged with the 1983 U.S. Senate bombing and related bombings of Fort McNai...
Robert Jay Mathews
Robert Jay Mathews was the leader of an American white nationalist group The Order.
Robert Jay Mathews was the leader of an American white nationalist group The Order.
Russell Welch
Russell Franklin Welch (born 1947 or 1948) is a former investigator for the Arkansas State Police Department.
Russell Franklin Welch (born 1947 or 1948) is a former investigator for the Arkansas State Police Department.
Sami Al-Arian
Dr. Sami Amin Al-Arian (سامي العريان; born January 14, 1958, in Kuwait, to Palestinian parents), is a former resident of Temple Terrace, Florida, now living in Northern Virginia, who is a ...
Dr. Sami Amin Al-Arian (سامي العريان; born January 14, 1958, in Kuwait, to Palestinian parents), is a former resident of Temple Terrace, Florida, now living in Northern Virginia, who is a ...
Sami Al-Arian indictments and trial
Sami Al-Arian indictments and trial begain on February 20, 2003, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Al-Arian had been arrested as the alleged leader of the Palestine Islamic Jihad (PI...
Sami Al-Arian indictments and trial begain on February 20, 2003, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Al-Arian had been arrested as the alleged leader of the Palestine Islamic Jihad (PI...
Southern Airways Flight 49
The hijacking of Southern Airways Flight 49 occurred on November 10, 1972.
The hijacking of Southern Airways Flight 49 occurred on November 10, 1972.
Sovereign citizen movement
The sovereign citizen movement is a loose grouping of American litigants, commentators, and financial scheme promoters, classified as an "extremist anti-government group" by the United States Fe...
The sovereign citizen movement is a loose grouping of American litigants, commentators, and financial scheme promoters, classified as an "extremist anti-government group" by the United States Fe...
Specially Designated Global Terrorist
Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) is a designation authorized under U.S. Executive Order 13224, among other executive orders, and Title 31, Parts 595, 596, and 597 of the U.S. Code of...
Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) is a designation authorized under U.S. Executive Order 13224, among other executive orders, and Title 31, Parts 595, 596, and 597 of the U.S. Code of...
Specially Designated Terrorist
A Specially Designated Terrorist is any person who is determined by the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to be a specially designated terrorist (SDT) under notices or regulations issued by the Off...
A Specially Designated Terrorist is any person who is determined by the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to be a specially designated terrorist (SDT) under notices or regulations issued by the Off...
Speedway Bomber
The Speedway Bombings were a series of eight random bombings that occurred on 1 September, 1978, in Speedway, Indiana, in the United States.
The Speedway Bombings were a series of eight random bombings that occurred on 1 September, 1978, in Speedway, Indiana, in the United States.
Speedway Bombings
The Speedway Bombings were a series of eight random bombings that occurred on 1 September, 1978, in Speedway, Indiana, in the United States.
The Speedway Bombings were a series of eight random bombings that occurred on 1 September, 1978, in Speedway, Indiana, in the United States.
Speedway bombings
The Speedway Bombings were a series of eight random bombings that occurred on 1 September, 1978, in Speedway, Indiana, in the United States.
The Speedway Bombings were a series of eight random bombings that occurred on 1 September, 1978, in Speedway, Indiana, in the United States.
Symbionese Liberation Army
The Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) was an American self-styled left-wing urban militant group active between 1973 and 1975 that considered itself a revolutionary vanguard army.
The Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) was an American self-styled left-wing urban militant group active between 1973 and 1975 that considered itself a revolutionary vanguard army.
Ted Kaczynski
Theodore John "Ted" Kaczynski, also known as the "Unabomber", is an American mathematician, social critic, and Neo-Luddite who engaged in a mail bombing campaign that spanned ...
Theodore John "Ted" Kaczynski, also known as the "Unabomber", is an American mathematician, social critic, and Neo-Luddite who engaged in a mail bombing campaign that spanned ...
Terrorism Risk Insurance Act
The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) is a United States federal law signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 26, 2002.
The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) is a United States federal law signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 26, 2002.
The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord
The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (CSA) was a radical Christian Identity organization formed in 1971 in the small community of Elijah in southern Missouri, United States.
The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (CSA) was a radical Christian Identity organization formed in 1971 in the small community of Elijah in southern Missouri, United States.
The George Jackson Brigade
The George Jackson Brigade, is a Seattle based revolutionary group, which was named after George Jackson, a dissident prisoner and Black Panther member shot and killed during an alleged escape a...
The George Jackson Brigade, is a Seattle based revolutionary group, which was named after George Jackson, a dissident prisoner and Black Panther member shot and killed during an alleged escape a...
The Order (group)
The Order, also known as the Brüder Schweigen or Silent Brotherhood, was a white nationalist revolutionary organization active in the United States between September 1983 and Decemb...
The Order, also known as the Brüder Schweigen or Silent Brotherhood, was a white nationalist revolutionary organization active in the United States between September 1983 and Decemb...
Thermcon
THERMCON was the code name of a FBI operation which was launched in response to the sabotage of the Arizona Snowbowl ski lift near Flagstaff, Arizona in October 1987 by three people from Prescot...
THERMCON was the code name of a FBI operation which was launched in response to the sabotage of the Arizona Snowbowl ski lift near Flagstaff, Arizona in October 1987 by three people from Prescot...
United Freedom Front
The United Freedom Front was a small American Marxist organization active in the 1970s and 1980s.
The United Freedom Front was a small American Marxist organization active in the 1970s and 1980s.
United Klans of America
United Klans of America Inc. was the largest Ku Klux Klan organization in the United States.
United Klans of America Inc. was the largest Ku Klux Klan organization in the United States.
Virginia Jihad Network
The Virginia Jihad Network was a network of jihadists centered in Northern Virginia.
The Virginia Jihad Network was a network of jihadists centered in Northern Virginia.
Virginia jihad network
The Virginia jihad network was a network of jihadists centered in Northern Virginia.
The Virginia jihad network was a network of jihadists centered in Northern Virginia.
Weather Underground
Weather Underground Declaration of a State of War The Weather Underground was an American radical left organization.
Weather Underground Declaration of a State of War The Weather Underground was an American radical left organization.
Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation- formerly named School of the Americas -, is a United States Department of Defense Institute located at Fort Benning near Columbus...
The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation- formerly named School of the Americas -, is a United States Department of Defense Institute located at Fort Benning near Columbus...
Whitecapping
Whitecapping is a violent lawless movement among farmers that occurred specifically in America during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Whitecapping is a violent lawless movement among farmers that occurred specifically in America during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.