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34 Am. U. Int'l L. Rev. 205 (2018-2019)
Preparing to Commit Domestic Terrorist Activity: Does the United States Have Adequate Tools to Stop This?

handle is hein.journals/amuilr34 and id is 219 raw text is: PREPARING TO COMMIT DOMESTIC TERRORIST ACTIVITY: DOES THE UNITED STATES HAVE ADEQUATE TOOLS TO STOP THIS?* DIANE WEBBER** I. THE U .K. LEGISLATION ............................................... 206 A. EXAMPLES OF CONDUCT AMOUNTING TO PREPARATION IN U.K. TERRORIST CONVICTIONS ................................ 208 B. REQUIREMENTS FOR ARREST ........................................ 214 II. PREPARATION TO COMMIT TERRORIST ACTS U N D ER U .S. LA W ........................................................... 215 A. MATERIAL SUPPORT STATUTES .................................... 215 1. Examples of Conduct Amounting to Preparation in M aterial Support Convictions ................................ 219 B. RIGHT-WING TERRORISM .............................................. 225 1. Examples of Conduct Amounting to Preparation in Right-wing Terror Cases Since 2014 ..................... 226 C. REQUIREMENTS FOR ARREST ........................................ 229 III. C O N C LU SIO N ................................................................. 230 Imagine this scenario: someone tells the FBI about a conversation overheard in a caf6 in which two people were laughing and praising a recent terrorist attack where a man drove a truck into a group of people in furtherance of a terrorist cause. They both boasted of their postings on social media about the attack. One of the two said he had been raising money for the cause, had recently acquired a commercial * This article is based on an earlier version written at the request of Max Hill Q.C., the Independent Reviewer of the United Kingdom Terrorism Legislation. ** Diane Webber S.J.D., Visiting Fellow, Georgetown University, Center on National Security and the Law.

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