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Re:OPSEC critique of the Michigan Governor kidnap plot by thinkingemote on Saturday October 10, 2020 @08:15AM (#24738415)
Also note that criminals are the ones who failed. We don't get to see how the successful ones are. Same with terrorists.
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Re:OPSEC critique of the Michigan Governor kidnap plot by WJW on Saturday October 10, 2020 @08:40AM (#24738557)
Unlike most other crimes, a terrorist act that goes unnoticed is almost by definition unsuccessful.
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Re:OPSEC critique of the Michigan Governor kidnap plot by a1369209993 on Saturday October 10, 2020 @03:41PM (#24741323)
Well, there's a conspicuously unoccupied middle ground between the two, but if the terrorist's goal is only to inflict harm, without necessarily revealing the reason or taking credit, they would presumably prefer their actions to look like a natural disaster, riot, (industrial/medical/etc) accident, forest fire, or other non-deliberate and/or non-planned event.
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Re:OPSEC critique of the Michigan Governor kidnap plot by goto11 on Saturday October 10, 2020 @04:48PM (#24741787)
That is not terrorism though. The point of terrorism is to achieve political goals by spreading fear.
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Re:OPSEC critique of the Michigan Governor kidnap plot by a1369209993 on Saturday October 10, 2020 @05:29PM (#24742011)
That's true by definition, sure, but that's not how governments actually use the word.
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Re:OPSEC critique of the Michigan Governor kidnap plot by Teever on Sunday October 11, 2020 @03:19PM (#24748275)
How would causing a riot not achieve political goals by spreading fear?
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