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When spying involves corporations and the bribing of employees to reveal trade secrets, the crime is referred to as __________________.

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Question 32

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Which of these involves spying on potential or actual enemies?

A) Espionage
B) Treason
C) Fraud
D) Secret sharing

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Civil libertarians fear that the USA Patriot Act gives the government too much power and allows it to monitor the daily activities of ordinary citizens under the guise of national security.

A feeling of injustice is one potential motive for a political crime.

If a political criminal plots to overthrow an existing government and replace it with one that holds views he/she finds more acceptable, we would say that this criminal has ____ as a goal.

Define what political crime is, and explain why political crime is so subjective in nature.

The __________________of terrorist motivation describes the typical terrorist as an emotionally disturbed individual who acts out his or her psychoses within the confines of violent groups.

Intimidation does not rise to the level of election fraud.

After the terrorist attacks of September 11th, the Federal Bureau of Investigation reassigned its priorities, making the protection of the United States from future terrorist attack its number one priority.

The use of torture was brought to attention in 2007 because of the CIA's routine use of which of the following techniques?

Stalin was able to carry out his reign of terror in Russia because his victims were viewed as state enemies who were trying to undermine the Communist regime. This is an example of ____________ terrorism.

Which country is not one of the three that is responsible for more than 50 percent of all terrorist acts?

If a state environmental agency were to fail to enforce laws, resulting in the pollution of public waterways, it would be an example of what type of state political crime?

The Department of Homeland Security is responsible for securing our nation's borders and transportation systems, which include __________________  ports of entry.

Since the end of _______, terrorism has accelerated its development into a major component of contemporary conflict.

Domestic terrorist groups such as white supremacists and religious revolutionists are members of which type of terrorist group?

Compare and contrast the terms terrorist and guerilla

______ 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.

An international, fundamentalist Islamist organization known as _____________________ is comprised of independent and collaborative cells whose goal is reducing Western influence on Islamic affairs.

__________________is illegal interference with the process of an election .