Exam 11: Political Crime and Terrorism

Some forms of political crimes are committed by state authorities against the people they are supposed to serve. Define and discuss three forms of state political crime.

Which goal of political criminals hopes to conceal conventional criminal motivations behind a mask of conviction and altruism?

Waterboarding involves immobilizing a person on his  or her back, with the head inclined downward, and pouring water over the face and into the breathing passages.

The __________________ is sometimes used to justify torture and prevent another attack .

_____ were Hebrew warrior groups who were active during the Roman occupation of Palestine during the first century.

Why is treason the only crime mentioned in the U.S. Constitution?

The Civil Rights section of Title 18 of the federal criminal code protects the right of all citizens to vote and campaign for office.

Most terrorist organizations operate:

Define and explain the differences between terrorists, guerillas, insurgents, and revolutionaries.

Militia extremists would be considered this type of terrorist.

The Supreme Court has held that indefinite detention is constitutionally unacceptable, that terrorists are entitled to process their cases through the court system, and that terrorists are eligible for habeas corpus protection.

Political criminals who sell state secrets for personal enrichment or trafficking in stolen arms and munitions have which goal?

A nation whose government has lost control of its own territory, is unable to provide public services and protection, and lacks the ability to interact with other states as a full member of the international community is known as a(n):

The term __________________ is used to signify illegal acts that are designed to undermine an existing government and threaten its survival.

Under English common law, treason was punishable by being "drawn and quartered." How do many nations punish treason today?

When the Patriot Act ended in 2015, it was replaced by the __________________ .

The USA Patriot Act, enacted after the terrorist attacks of September 11^th,:

The crime of treason is one of several specifically mentioned in the U.S. Constitution.

Robert Hanssen, a former counterintelligence agent for the FBI, is a famous example of high-profile Americans committing the crime referred to as espionage.

___________________ terrorists  use violence to frighten those in power and their supporters in order to replace the existing government with a regime that holds acceptable political or religious views.