Question 1

______________charges may be filed against a person who creates and activates a virus that is designed to stop computer signals to U.S. military smart bombs.

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Question 2

Discuss the key provisions of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act. How do these provisions contribute to the defeat of terrorism? What is the importance of taggants in combatting terrorism?

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Question 3

Sam is a member of a local environmental group that fosters goals to stop alleged destruction of the environment. One night Sam broke into a chemical plant his group targeted for allegedly dumping chemicals into the local lake and set fire to the administration building. ____________ charges may be filed against Sam.

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Question 4

__________________ refers to altering the underlying conditions that terrorists use to justify their attacks.

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Question 5

Discuss the six characteristics presented by Criminologist Gwynn Nettler. What does each of these characteristics have to do with typical acts of terrorism? Do these characteristics apply to all forms of terrorism? If so, how? If not, why?

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Question 6

Compare the two categories of available statutes created by the U.S. Justice Department to aid in classifying and filing charges against terrorist activists. Explain why each offense is placed in a specific classification.

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Question 7

While cyberterrorism and narcoterrorism can have a strong international component, this is less true of __________________.

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Question 8

____________________ is the only crime defined in the U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section 3.

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Question 9

______________ is defined to include four main characteristics: premeditation, political motivation, violence, and committed against noncombatants.

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Question 10

Genocide is an offense that falls within ___________________ as established by the U.S. Justice Department.

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Question 11

___________________ is typically damage to property or obstructing preparation for war or national defense.

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Question 12

On October 26, 2001, Congress took action to empower the Justice Department to respond to terrorism by passing the USA PATRIOT Act. Explain the purpose of this act. What did the act do for centralization? How did the act empower the Central Intelligence Agency? What did the act do for re-defining terrorism? What changes in criminal procedure are attributable to this Act? Highlight the changes to Titles I through X and discuss the improvements created by these changes.

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Question 13

The requirement of adding taggants, or chemical markers, to certain explosives during manufacture is one of the key provisions of _________________.

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Question 14

The U.S. Supreme Court has held that the Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights of due process and access to jury trials apply to _______________.

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Question 15

The USA PATRIOT Act amended Title 18, Section 3101, of the U.S. Code to authorize courts to issue search warrants that delay notification of an impending search and that can be executed in the absence of the suspect.

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This is a correct statement about the USA PATRIOT Act. The act did indeed amend Title 18, Section 3101, to allow for delayed notification search warrants, commonly known as "sneak and peek" warrants, which allow law enforcement to enter and search a property without notifying the owner or occupant until after the search has taken place. These warrants are meant to be used in cases where advanced notice could jeopardize an investigation or endanger public safety.

Question 16

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism is the full title of ________________________.

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Question 17

________________ is home-grown and carried out by an individual or group based and operating within this country.

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Question 18

_______________ charges may be filed against a person who taints a U.S. military base's water supply with a controlled substance designed to subdue everyone who drinks the water.

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Question 19

Compare domestic terrorism, international terrorism, cyberterrorism, narcoterrorism, and ecoterrorism and explain how terrorist could use these forms of terrorism to hinder or harm U.S. citizens and compromise the integrity of the U.S. government. What countermeasures may the U.S. initiate to defeat each of these forms of terrorism?

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Question 20

Achmid is a native Syrian who is a member of the Al-Qaeda group. He has patiently worked his way through the necessary channels to gain a work visa to the United States. After six months, Achmid's contacts in the U.S. completed arrangements for him to receive his U.S. citizenship. With the citizenship in hand, he joins the U.S. Army as a translator for U.S. forces. Because of his knowledge of three different Arabic dialects, Achmid rapidly advances in rank. Within a few years he has already achieved the rank of Major. Throughout the years he secretly copies documents, battle plans, and other top secret information to the Al-Qaeda group. The day of reckoning arrives. The U.S. Army has received 200 new helicopters that have been retrofitted with the latest in technology for combat against the Taliban in Afghanistan. At night, Achmid plants explosives on all of the helicopters. The explosives are set to detonate at 0700. He knows that a test flight of the choppers is scheduled for 0630 with a designated flight time of one hour. At planned, at 0700 all 200 helicopters explode simultaneously. What charges may be filed against Achmid? America can benefit from the talents, expertise, and knowledge, of members of other countries who devote their life to the American way of life. However, how can government entities weed out those bent on destruction of America?

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Quiz 13: Terrorism and Offenses Against the State