It’s time to define “terrorism” in the partiot act, too.Ummmm...I don't know where you've been, but it's already done.
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 113B > § 2331 Definitions (see below for Code Citations)
(1) the term “
international terrorism” means...(blah, blah, blah)
(5) the term “
domestic terrorism” means activities that—
(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State; >(well that covers just about everything, doesn't it!)<
(B) appear to be intended— >(Hey, Rockie...watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat)<
(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 (C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
Public Law 107 - 56 - Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001
United States Code Citations - 18 U.S.C. 1029, 1030, 1344, 1362, 1363, 1366, 16, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1992, 2155, 2325, 2331, 2332b, 2332e, 2339A...