Homework: Domestic Terrorist Attacks
The United States has experienced several domestic terrorist attacks in the last few decades. Use the Internet and Strayer databases to research one of the following domestic terrorist attacks:
i. 1993 World Trade Center Bombing
ii. 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing
iii. 2009 Fort Hood Shooting
iv. 2015 San Bernadino shooting
v. 2016 Orlando Nightclub shooting
vi. 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Write a 2 to 4 pages paper in which you:
I. Describe the persons or groups responsible for the attack.
II. Assess the validity of the motivations/beliefs of the persons or groups responsible for the chosen attack. Indicate both the stated motivations/beliefs of the perpetrators and the statements about the motivations/beliefs of the perpetrators made by law enforcement or government sources.
III. Describe any known planning for the attack, such as gathering supplies, surveillance of the target, or any outside support/assistance.
IV. Examine the planning activities of the persons or groups responsible for the chosen attack, and determine whether or not law enforcement should or could have been identified and prevented the activities in question.
V. Summarize the actual attack. Assess the degree to which the attack achieved the intended goals of the perpetrators.
VI. Examine the repercussions of the attack, and identify whether or not any security/legislative changes were enacted as a result of the attack. Evaluate the effectiveness of the security/legislative changes that were made in attempts to prevent future attacks. If no security/legislative changes were enacted as a result of the attack, suggest at least three changes that should be made and provide a rationale for your response.
VII. Summarize the lessons that could be learned from the attack.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.