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Terrorism [r]: An act, with targets including civilians or civilian infrastructure, intended to create an atmosphere of fear in order to obtain a political objective. ^[e]
Louis Beam [r]: (1946-) former Ku Klux Klan and Aryan Nations; advocate of "leaderless resistance" or self-radicalization; listed as extremist individual by Anti-Defamation League ^[e]
Radicalization [r]: Political choices that grow from a sense, by individuals (i.e., self-radicalization) or groups in a society, that peaceful methods have brought no political dividends in terms of goals they consider legitimate ^[e]

Oklahoma City bombing [r]: The 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168, by Timothy McVeigh, and a collaborator, Terry Nichols, with an anti-government agenda. ^[e]
- Timothy McVeigh [r]: U.S. citizen who placed the bomb for the Oklahoma City bombing; was subsequently convicted in Federal court and executed ^[e]
- Terry Nichols [r]: Assisted Timothy McVeigh in building, but not placing, the Oklahoma City bombing explosives; serving a life sentence ^[e]
Tom Metzger [r]: (1938-) Founder and leader of White Aryan Resistance; Grand Dragon in David Duke's Knights of the Ku Klux Klan; Christian Identity minister; Former member of John Birch Society, contributor to leaderless resistance concepts; won 1980 Democratic congressional nomination in heavily Republican 45th Congressional District; radio host of The Insurgent; "Converted from minister to Free Thinker, reborn from right-winger to racist" ^[e]
- The Insurgent [r]: With Internet and radio hosting by Tom Metzger, "an outreach program to prevent White people from joining harmful, infiltrated organizations and idle groups...White Racist Insurgents are not concerned about preserving 'America', we want collapse." ^[e]
Eric Rudolph [r]: Add brief definition or description

Clandestine operation [r]: Any of a range of activities, intended to affect the behavior of a target nation or non-national actor, where the performing actor takes all practical efforts to ensure that the fact of the activities do not become known to unauthorized personnel. Only a small number of officials of the country or non-state entity performing the operation may be aware of it. ^[e]
- Clandestine cell system [r]: A method for organizing a group in such a way that it can more effectively resist penetration by an opposing organization. ^[e]
Self-radicalization [r]: A phenomenon in which individuals become terrorists without joining an established radical group, although they may be influenced by its ideology and message ^[e]