Originally Posted by
Bart
Wow. You're truly a piece of work. I guess Robert Mueller (the Director, FBI) should get in touch with you to find out where his agents are screwing up.
No one definition of terrorism has gained universal acceptance ....., however, we have chosen the definition of terrorism contained in Title 22 of the United States Code, Section 2656f(d):
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The term "terrorism" means premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience.
Usually is "not always".
The US Government has employed this definition of terrorism for statistical and analytical purposes since 1983.
In the interest of innoculating one's self from criticism, a country engaging in self-dealing through word games and creative definitions is not a surprise and so they come up with definitions that downplay the notion of state terrorism as well.