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FBI Claims Attempted GOP Assassinations Are 'Assault' Not Terrorism
« on: June 21, 2017, 07:19:54 pm »
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10:12 AM 06/21/2017

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http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/21/breaking-fbi-treating-attempted-gop-assassinations-as-assault/

The FBI is treating the attempted mass assassination of Republican lawmakers as “assault” and not terrorism, FBI Assistant Director in Charge Andrew Vale announced at a press conference Tuesday morning.

“At this time the FBI has assessed that the deceased shooter, James T. Hodgkinson, acted alone. We also assess that there was no nexus to terrorism. The FBI is investigating the shooting as an assault of a member of Congress and assault on a law enforcement officer,” Vale said.

The FBI has long-defined terrorism as “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives

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A press release sent out by the agency before the press conference offered no speculation about the would-be assassin’s motive.


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Re: FBI Claims Attempted GOP Assassinations Are 'Assault' Not Terrorism
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2017, 07:21:48 pm »
Quote from: To-Whose-Benefit? on June 21, 2017, 07:19:54 pm
The FBI has long-defined terrorism as “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives

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A press release sent out by the agency before the press conference offered no speculation about the would-be assassin’s motive.

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Re: FBI Claims Attempted GOP Assassinations Are 'Assault' Not Terrorism
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2017, 07:28:56 pm »
Well, they couldn't call it "workplace violence", so they had to fall back on something....

Of course, if the shooter had been a right-winger and his targets liberal Democrats, you would have heard the words "domestic terrorism" about 15,000 times since last week...
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Re: FBI Claims Attempted GOP Assassinations Are 'Assault' Not Terrorism
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2017, 07:29:03 pm »
Finally, I agree with an official refusal to call a given act of murderous violence an act of terrorism.  The guy wasn't trying to terrorize.  He simply wanted high-ranking GOPers dead. 
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Re: FBI Claims Attempted GOP Assassinations Are 'Assault' Not Terrorism
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2017, 07:31:25 pm »
Quote from: andy58-in-nh on June 21, 2017, 07:28:56 pm
Of course, if the shooter had been a right-winger and his targets liberal Democrats, you would have heard the words "domestic terrorism" about 15,000 times since last week...

I agree with you there, too--or at least I agree that the media would call it terrorism.
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Re: FBI Claims Attempted GOP Assassinations Are 'Assault' Not Terrorism
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2017, 07:36:30 pm »
Quote from: the_doc on June 21, 2017, 07:31:25 pm
I agree with you there, too--or at least I agree that the media would call it terrorism.

CNN is reporting that the attacker said 'something in Arabic' because they just don't really know...

Media distorting the message toward a particular outcome in consumer minds... again...

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Re: FBI Claims Attempted GOP Assassinations Are 'Assault' Not Terrorism
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2017, 07:39:56 pm »
Quote from: the_doc on June 21, 2017, 07:29:03 pm
Finally, I agree with an official refusal to call a given act of murderous violence an act of terrorism.  The guy wasn't trying to terrorize.  He simply wanted high-ranking GOPers dead.

Agreed.  This wasn't "terrorism" - let's not devalue the word.   It was just good ol' fashioned political assassination.  (Thankfully, only an assassination attempt). 
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Re: FBI Claims Attempted GOP Assassinations Are 'Assault' Not Terrorism
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2017, 07:52:07 pm »

It wasn't merely "assault," but also "battery."

It can also be domestic terrorism.
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