Exam 15: Terrorism

This group was founded after the Civil War and used intimidating night raids to discourage newly freed blacks from voting.

Radiological terrorism involves the dispersion of radioactive agents by conventional means and is commonly known as a "dirty bomb."

Physical assaults such as _____ was a technique developed by the Irish Republican Army to cripple rather than kill. A person in such a condition sends a strong visual message and thus becomes an example to others of the terrorist group's power and the cost of informing on them.

Due to the cellular organization of terrorist groups, technology alone cannot provide sufficient counterterrorism response, so human intelligence is a critical component.

Trials of terrorists in the United States have survived or perished on the issue of the legality or illegality of the means used by investigators to gather evidence.

Timothy McVeigh, who was responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing of the Murrah Federal Building, had a copy of J. Edgar Hoover's biography in his possession at the time of his arrest.

A social network analysis is useful in the investigation of terrorism. This is a linking of known members of a group with suspected members believed to have joined the group.

_____ agents include choking gases, blister agents, and nerve agents.

Many Arabs believe that the entire Middle East should be united under one great Arabic banner, from North Africa to the Iranian border, known as _____.

When Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982, Iran responded by sending its Revolutionary Guard to Lebanon, which led to the creation of a new terrorist network called _____.

The holy warriors known as the _____ were formed to fight against the invasion of Afghanistan by the former Soviet Union.

This group was founded by Robert Mathews who was inspired by the novel the Turner Diaries.

One of the most volatile militant organizations in the Middle East, known as _____, grew from the Palestinian liberation movement.

This group was formed in Palestine to resist the moderate view of the acceptance of a separate Palestinian state. This is one of the most volatile militant organizations in the Middle East.

These holy warriors were supported by the United States for the purpose of repelling the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union in the early 1980s.

This group was founded in the early 1980s to support the Muslim effort in Afghanistan against the invasion by the former Soviet Union.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is engaged in international intelligence collection efforts and have agents deployed to embassies around the world.

Hijackings of airliners, cruise ships, and other means of mass transportation by terrorists has been committed primarily for money.

The terrorist group we now know as Al Qaeda was founded by Osama bin Laden in the early 1980s to support the effort in Afghanistan against the invasion by the former Soviet Union.

This is the technological unit of the intelligence community. This agency's primary mission is to collect communications and signal intelligence as well as code breaking activities.