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Trends in international terrorism.(In Focus)

Terrorism in the United States

| January 01, 1999 | COPYRIGHT 1999 Federal Bureau of Investigation at www.fbi.gov. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

As evidenced by the changing nature of the domestic terrorist threat in the United States, terrorism, like most crime problems, is dynamic. It changes and adapts in response to strategic, geopolitical, and technical factors, as well as to the security countermeasures enacted to counter it. During the past 25 years, the threat posed by international terrorism has changed dramatically and will undoubtedly continue to evolve in the years to come.

In recent years, the U.S. Intelligence Community (1) has identified several important trends in international terrorism. Among these has been an apparent shift in operational intensity from traditional sources of ...

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