Using this chapter’s recommended Web sites, conduct an online investigation of terrorism in the United States.

Web Sites:

• Anarchist Cookbook
   
• Animal Liberation Front
   
• Anti-Defamation League
   
• Army of God
   
• Christian Exodus
   
• Council of Conservative Citizens
   
• Earth First! Journal
   
• Earth Liberation Front
   
• Hate Directory
   
• Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
   
• Southern Poverty Law Center

1. How would you describe the typologies of groups that predominate in the United States?
    
2. Conduct a Web search of American monitoring organizations, read their mission statements, and assess their services. Which organizations do you think provide the most useful data? Why?
    
3. If you were an American dissident extremist (leftist or rightist), how would you design your own Web site?

To conduct an online search on research and monitoring organizations, activate the search engine on your Web browser and enter the following keywords:

• American Jihad
   
• Domestic Terrorism