...information on obtaining additional copies, see the inside of front cover. PA S1-I0161U June 19S1 Terrorism The threat or use of violence for political purposes...whether acting for, or in opposition to, established governmental authority, when such actions are intended to shock or intimidate a target group wider...

...terrorism and international terrorism which are used by the Central Intelligence Agency : Terrorism The threat or use of violence for political purposes...whether acting for, or in opposition to, established governmental authority, when such actions are intended to shock, stun or intimidate a target group...

...agents . " Source : Patterns of Global Terrorism: 1983 US Department of State, September 1984. 4. CIA "the threat or use of violence for political purposes...whether acting for, or in opposition to established governmental authority, when such actions are intended to shock or intimidate a large group wider than...

...States Government in collecting statistical information on international terrorist activity : Terrorism; The threat or use of violence for political purposes...whether acting for or in opposition to established governmental authorities, when such actions are intended to shock, stun or intimidate a target group...

...domination.' Schachter, op. cit.: 309. 37 The State Department, for example, has defined terrorism as 'the threat or use of violence for political purposes...whether acting for, or in opposition to, established governmental authority, when such actions are intended to shock, stun or intimidate a target group...

...massive human rights violations. One more or less complete definition of terrorism describes it as: the threat or use of violence for political purposes...whether acting for or in opposition to established governmental authority, when such actions are intended to shock, stun, or intimidate a target group...

...that lends itself to political gameplaying. From the US Department of State viewpoint, terrorism is "the threat or use of violence for political purposes...whether acting for, or in opposition to, established governmental authority, when such actions are intended to influence a target group wider than the immediate...

...meritorious because it does not exclude states as sponsors or perpetrators of terrorism: "Terrorism is the threat or use of violence for political purposes...whether acting for, or in opposition to, established governmental authority, when such actions are intended to influence a target group wider than the immediate...

...term, one can define terrorism and international terrorism as the State Department does: Terrorism: The threat or use of violence for political purposes...whether acting for, or in opposition to, established governmental authority, when such actions are intended to shock, stun, or intimidate a target group...

...particularly within the Reagan Administration. In its 1980 report on the subject, the CIA defined terrorism as "the threat or use of violence for political purposes...whether acting for, or in opposition to, established governmental authority, when such actions are intended to shock or intimidate a target group wider...