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lone-wolf terrorism  

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  • Lone-wolf terrorism, also called lone-offender terrorism, has emerged in the twenty-first century as one of the foremost security concerns for law enforcement and counterterrorism communities. In testimony to the U.S. Congress in 2010, both the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) highlighted this threat during the homeland security review. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism; Lone-Wolf Terrorism]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-F1XWWFS0-L

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