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The US PATRIOT Act of 2001 did all of the following except:

Which course components have helped your learning? (Select all that apply)

Complete this phrase from Bruce Hoffman, featured in your readings and slides: “..without the ________ __________ the act’s impact is arguably wasted, remaining narrowly confined to the immediate victim(s) of the attack rather than reaching the wider ‘target audience’ at whom the terrorists’ violence is actually aimed.”

In the Hoffman chapter on New Media, who is the ONLY terrorist group to use its own television for propaganda and mobilization purposes?

What has provided inspiration for terrorist attacks by Osama bin Laden and other Islamic fundamentalists?

Most IEDs are made from what?

According to Hamblen, it is not possible for children to develop anxiety and stress symptoms, including PTSD from witnessing terrorist incidents.

According to Hoffman, which two objectives have terrorists struggled to achieve in modern times?

Heinzen wrote a series of articles, providing hints on how this new form of tyrannicide might take place, writing these suggestions as fictional newspaper reports of anticipated future terrorist killings.  What does the SECOND article focus on?

In his lecture, Hoffman mentioned that over the years, as early as 2001, radical leaders encouraged their followers to “attack the infidels in their own homelands” if they couldn’t join the caliphate. Why did Hoffman say this took until 2014 to take hold as a method of terror around the world?