NCJ Number
52760
Date Published
1978
Length
8 pages
Annotation
THE NATURE OF FOREIGN SUPPORT FOR TERRORIST OR SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED STATES IS IS INVESTIGATED, AND MECHANISMS FOR PREVENTING TERRORIST ACTS ARE NOTED.
Abstract
PROSPECTS FOR THE CONTINUED FLOW OF MORAL, PHYSICAL, AND CONCEPTUAL ASSISTANCE FOR TERRORIST ACTIVITIES IN NON-COMMUNIST STATES OF THE WORLD EXIST. OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO PROPONENTS OF VIOLENT APPROACHES TO THE RESOLUTION OF SOCIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN THE UNITED STATES AND AFRICA IS THE BLACK-WHITE DICHOTOMY THAT GIVES RISE TO CIVIL DISORDER. ONE AUTHOR MAINTAINS THAT THE ALIENATION AND SUBVERSION OF CERTAIN AMERICAN INTELLECTUALS STEMS FROM THEIR PERSUASION THAT THE AMERICAN SYSTEM IS, IN ITS TOTALITY, IMPERIALISTIC. A MAJOR FOCUS OF THE SOVIET PROPAGANDA MACHINE IS UPON TEACHING AND SPREADING THE DOCTRINE OF IMPERIALISM. MECHANISMS FOR CARRYING OUT POLITICAL KIDNAPPINGS PREVAIL IN THE UNITED STATES AND ARE LINKED TO THE INTERNATIONAL SUBVERSIVE UNDERGROUND. THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS THE WEATHERMEN ILLUSTRATES THE NATURE OF THE TERRORIST THREAT TO SOCIETY. PUBLICIZED CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND OTHER SECURITY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SERVED TO REDUCE THEIR PRESTIGE IN THE EYE OF THE PUBLIC. THE PHYSICAL PREVENTION OF TERRORIST ACTS AND THE COLLECTION OF NEEDED EVIDENCE TO CONVICT A SUSPECT ARE DIFFICULT. SOME LAWYERS SPECIALIZE IN DEFENDING SUBVERSIVES AND REVOLUTIONARIES. SUBVERSIVE UNDERGROUND ORGANIZATIONS ARE RIGIDLY COMPARTMENTALIZED. THE NEED FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF THE NATURE OF FOREIGN SUPPORT FOR SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, WITH ATTENTION GIVEN TO CIVIL RIGHTS, IS STRESSED. (DEP)