A United States Coast Guard lieutenant was arrested last month on drug and gun charges. Recently released court documents reveal that he has also been accused of stockpiling weapons and taking human growth hormone in an attempt to prepare himself…
Category: Terrorism Criminology
2018
Category: Terrorism Criminology | Violent Crimes
It was Friday, April 20, 2018. A 19-year-old teenage boy shot a high school student at Forest High School in Ocala, Florida. Fortunately, the incident resulted in only one minor injury, but the teen now faces several charges, including terrorism…
2016
Category: Domestic Terrorism | Terrorism Criminology
CNN’s national security analyst Peter Bergen understands the concept of terrorism, both from an international and domestic level. Author of “United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s Homegrown Terrorism,” succinctly defines terrorism as “acts of violence conducted against civilians for political…
2016
Freedom of speech, guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, enjoys a special place in the hearts of all Americans. While each of us understand that we cannot, and should not, jump up in a theatre and shout…
2015
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Hate Crime | Terrorism Criminology
Given the tragic terrorist attacks on Paris, we must remain vigilant against the knee-jerk reaction to associate the law abiding, peaceful Muslims living in our communities with the criminals who are terrorizing civilians and governments throughout the world. Doing otherwise,…
2015
Category: Terrorism Criminology
When most Americans think of terrorism, they think of al Qaeda or ISIS; they equate the concept of terrorism to the Twin Towers attack or the bombings of American embassies. This is a misperception. America has had its own designated…
2015
Category: Terrorism Criminology
It is naturally assumed that the recent arrest of a former U.S. Air Force veteran, Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, on terror-related charges offers evidence that America’s “war on terror” declared after 9/11 has been quite successful. 2015 data obtained by…
2015
Category: Terrorism Criminology
Section 3A1.4 of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines authorizes a steep increase in a defendant’s offense level and an automatic increase in his criminal history category if his offense “is a felony that involved, or was intended to promote, a federal…
2015
Category: Terrorism Criminology
Since the December 9, 2014 release of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report (Report) on CIA torture, much of the news media has focused its attention on whether the torturous “enhanced interrogation techniques” (EITs) employed by the agency in the wake…
2014
Category: Terrorism Criminology | Uncategorized
A recently released $40 million dollar Senate Intelligence report revealed that in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Central Intelligence Agency tortured terror suspects through “enhanced interrogation techniques.” In response to the report, CIA Director John Brennan apologized…