Boston Marathon victims denied insurance reimbursement.

MSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 21:26:00 -0400

Because bombing was ‘Not Act of Terrorism’. If you look into the details, The President actually never said it was an act of terrorism.
The President said this:
“Any time bombs are used to target innocent civilians it is an act of terror.”

Now, the Treasury Department has given its imprint on the perspective as well. And they haven’t “certified” it as an “act of terrorism,” either.
The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, which was passed just after the 9/11 attacks. It’s a federally-administered and underwritten insurance program for terrorism-caused damage, designed to be relatively inexpensive but to compensate policy owners in the event of a man-caused disaster. The law’s details state that insurance losses must exceed $5 million to be certified as terrorism, and so far only $1.9 million in claims have been issued. That actual terrorists blew stuff up, killed people, and caused damage is only part of the equation and not sufficient to make an “act of terrorism” determination. The rest of the critical factors depend on the dollar value.

The FBI defines terrorism as activities that:

“Involve acts dangerous to human life that violate federal or state law;”

“Appear intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination. or kidnapping; and”

“Occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the U.S.”

So do you think that the Boston Marathon should be classified a "Act of Terrorism"

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 13 at 2014 9:48 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 21:48:50 -0400

Absolutely, but at risk of saying more than I should about our Commander, In Chief, I'll leave it at that.

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Sep 14 at 2014 8:59 PM

MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 20:59:27 -0400

Politicians have this funny way of looking at things when it comes to spending money domestically. How many million to spend on the border crisis? How many billion on reminting money, yet to ease the pain of a few hundred Americans horribly hurt, maimed and disfigured by foreign nationals on US soil exploding bombs, they're haggling over the definition of "act of terrorism"??? Michael Foxtrots, all of them.

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 14 at 2014 11:21 PM

MSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 23:21:26 -0400

Apparently the Fort Hood victims have faired no better.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/12/theblaze-investigation-how-obama-and-the-army-betrayed-the-victims-of-fort-hood

TheBlaze Investigation: How Obama and the Army Betrayed the Victims of Fort Hood

"Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar!" Army Maj. Nidal Hasan's words hung in the air along with the smell of gunpowder from his semi-automatic pistol. On Nov. 5, 2009, the Fort Hood Army psychiatrist methodically anddeliberately took the lives of 13 people, including a pregnant woman. Thirty-two others were...

Response by SFC Mark Merino made Sep 15 at 2014 12:22 AM

SFC Mark Merino — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:22:13 -0400

MSgt Private RallyPoint Member Next, you'll tell us that a radical muslim can shoot up a major military installation, killing 13 people and they will call it "workplace violence!"

Response by SSgt Brycen Shumway made Sep 15 at 2014 5:11 AM

SSgt Brycen Shumway — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 05:11:16 -0400

The issue I see here is based on your FBI listing. "To affect the conduct of a Government by..." That right there s the issue. Since the kids who caused the Boston Marathon did nothing as far as trying to make demands of the government on any level (city, state, federal) they cannot classify it as an act of terrorism.

I agree that the acts were atrocious and that they caused mass terror at the scene of the incident. It essentially boiled down to the kids did it, because they thought they could get away with it. They were pretty mesed up in the head.