DHS labels Pennsylvania shootings a terror attack, blasts chain migration

Capt Gregory Prickett -
DoD Definition of Terrorism from the 2017 DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms as of August 2017.
"terrorism — The unlawful use of violence or threat of violence, often motivated by
religious, political, or other ideological beliefs, to instill fear and coerce governments or
societies in pursuit of goals that are usually political."
Note religious is listed fist unlike in the 1980's
1. If you actually read my responses you would realize we in the public need to wait for the police to release the records.
2. DHS has already weighed in at a high level and stated that this series of events was a terrorism-based attack.
3. you seem to be naïve since you are relying on Encyclopædia Britannica Online to define terrorism.
4. If you sincerely believe that the Muslim terrorists which displaced the communist terrorists of the 1970s who were politically motivated are politically motivated instead of faith-based terrorists then you must be gullible.
5. I have been debriefed too many times to respond to your repetitive posts which add no information.
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LTC Stephen F. - I read your response. In it, you incorrectly stated that terrorism was "rarely [] based primarily on politics." You also are under the mistaken impression that religious groups do not have political goals and objectives. They always have political objectives, just as fundamentalist Christians in the United States have political motives. As for using Dr. Jenkins' article in the Encyclopædia Britannica Online? Sure I will, he is a full professor at a major university who earned his Ph.D. at Cambridge. He's a subject matter expert. But I can pull a similar definition from any number of sources, including:

1. Oxford English Dictionary: "The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims."
2. Patriot Act, Pub.L. 107-56 (2001): "For crimes to be defined as 'terrorist acts' the government must show that they were calculated to influence or affect the conduct of government by intimidation or coercion or to retaliate against government conduct." (in other words, a political objective).
3. FBI, Terrorism in the United States: "the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in the furtherance of political or social objectives."
4. Black's Law Dictionary: "the use or threat of violence to intimidate or cause panic, esp. as a means of affecting political conduct."

Next, DHS personnel have admitted that they did not follow their own guidelines for declaring that this was a terrorist incident, because they had no evidence to show any political motivation or objective. That's why my first question to you was about additional evidence, which thus far, you have not produced and which leads one to believe that you never had. If that's the case, you seem to be just jumping on the anti-Muslim, anti-foreigner band wagon.

Finally, I have briefed and debriefed countless times on terrorism, it was one of the main things that Air Force cops have done for decades. You can try that dismissive crap on someone else who is swayed by passive-aggressive behavior, but it won't work here.

"You also are under the mistaken impression that religious groups do not have political goals and objectives. They always have political objectives, just as fundamentalist Christians in the United States have political motives."

ALWAYS? If I had a nickel for every incorrect assumption made by Grumpy Cat, I'd be rich.

Grumpy Cat? LOL, my nickname at the PD was Big Cat, from a time when another officer said "and there he was, moving like a big cat," but I was younger then. I can go with Grumpy Cat, without it hurting my feelings.

Nice try though.