FBI Oversight and Authorization: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, First Session, on Responsibilities, Authority, and Activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, February 2, 1983

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Page 18 - Investigation (FBI) defines terrorism as "the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives" (Federal Bureau of Investigation 1996, 3).
Page 78 - ... (B) no conveyance shall be forfeited under the provisions of this section by reason of any act or omission established by the owner thereof to have been committed or omitted by any person other than such owner while such conveyance was unlawfully in the possession of a person other than the owner in violation of the criminal laws of the United States, or of any State.
Page 67 - terrorist' (The Role of the Soviet Union, Cuba and East Germany in Fomenting Terrorism in Southern Africa, Hearings before the Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism, Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, US Government Printing Office, Washington, 1982, Volume I, pp.
Page 13 - January 1982, the Attorney General gave the FBI concurrent jurisdiction with the Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA], for investigations relating to violations of Federal narcotics statutes.
Page 36 - Except as provided in subsection (d) hereof, the term "agent of a foreign principal" means (1) any person who acts as an agent, representative, employee, or servant, or any person who acts in any other capacity at the order, request, or under the direction or control, of a foreign principal...
Page 7 - USSR continues to be the principal armorer of the African National Congress (ANC) and the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO...
Page 54 - While headquartered in New York City, the JDL has chapters located in several of the larger metropolitan areas of the United States. The JDL is composed primarily of young Jewish-American extremists who consider themselves to be a front line of defense against anti-Semitism, as well as being supporters of the state of Israel.
Page 57 - The Chase Manhattan Bank One Chase Manhattan Plaza New York, New York 10015...
Page 23 - During July 1982, the House Intelligence Committee held hearings on Soviet "active measures," that is, efforts to influence US policy. In a press release of December 9, 1982, accompanying the publication of these hearings, committee chairman, Edward P. Boland stated: On the basis of my own review of the material submitted by the FBI, it is my personal assessment that Soviet agents have had no significant influence on the nuclear freeze movement.
Page 3 - ... Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces are indicative of the type of coordinated law enforcement activities that are contributing to this success in our constant struggle to secure our citizens from organized criminal elements, narcotics traffickers and the related violence they spawn. The joint activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are another prime example of the efforts that this budget will support. The granting of concurrent jurisdiction...

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