[Petronski]

The ELF operates using the strategy of leaderless resistance, where individuals and groups who carry out actions never know or meet others who may also be active. This means that even though one group may be broken up through legal action such as this, others involved in the ELF will not be affected

Just as any terrorist organization worth its salt would be run.

[Poohbah]

The ELF operates using the strategy of leaderless resistance, where individuals and groups who carry out actions never know or meet others who may also be active. means that even though one group may be broken up through legal action such as this, others involved in the ELF will not be affected

This model was, ironically enough, first proposed by Louis Beam, a white supremacist.