- Operation Vigilant Eagle
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Operation Vigilant Eagle is an American law-enforcement effort headed by the FBI aimed at preventing political violence by "lone wolf" terrorists. The operation was first mentioned in the Wall Street Journal in April 2009.[1]
In this case a "lone wolf" is a person who operates alone, outside of extremest organizations. Examples included Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber, Scott Roeder who killed a Kansas abortion doctor and James von Brunn who attacked the American United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Such attackers are hard to detect as they do not associate with other extremists.
References
- ^ Fields, Gary; Perez, Evan (June 14, 2009). "FBI Seeks to Target Lone Extremists". Wall Street Journal. pp. A3. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124501849215613523.html#mod=rss_US_News. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
Categories:- FBI operations
- Terrorism in the United States
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