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      "id": 104092,
      "date": "2001-10-03",
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      "title": "Terrorism at Home: A Quick Look at Applicable Federal and State Criminal Laws",
      "summary": "Terrorists' attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, the Murrah Federal Building in\nOklahoma City and the American Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania have stimulated demands that\nthe terrorists responsible and those like them be brought to justice. American criminal law already\nproscribes many of these acts of terrorism and there have been proposals to expand that coverage. \nThe conduct we most often associate with terrorism -- bombings, assassinations, armed assaults,\nkidnapping, threats -- are generally outlawed by both federal and state law. The federal approach\nbuilds upon individual national interests: the protection of federal officers, ensuring the safety of\nforeign diplomatic officials, guaranteeing the safety and integrity of the mails and the channels of\ninterstate and foreign commerce, and honoring our international obligations.\n  Crime within the United States, however, has traditionally been the domain of state law. It is\ntherefore not surprising that the reach of state criminal law, concerning terrorism as well as other\nmatters, is more comprehensive than that of the federal laws which supplement it. Where federal\nlaw condemns presidential assassination, state law prohibits murdering anyone.\n  This report and a companion,  CRS Report RS21034(pdf) ,  Terrorism Abroad: A Quick Look\n at\nApplicable Federal and State Criminal Law , are abbreviated from portions of  CRS Report 95-1050(pdf) ,\n Terrorism At Home and Abroad: Applicable Federal and State Criminal Laws , stripped\nof its\nfootnotes and appendices.",
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  "topics": [
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    "Intelligence and National Security"
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