S. HRG. 104-757

TERRORISM IN THE UNITED STATES: THE NATURE
AND EXTENT OF THE THREAT AND POSSIBLE

LEGISLATIVE RESPONSES

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

HEARINGS APR 22.1997

BEFORE THE

TRANSFER

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

UNITED STATES SENATE

ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

EXAMINING THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE THREAT OF TERROR-
ISM IN THE UNITED STATES, AND PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO EN-
HANCE AND EXTEND THE PENALTIES FOR TERRORIST ACTS, ADD
THE CRIME OF CONSPIRACY TO CERTAIN TERRORISM OFFENSES, IN-
CREASE THE ABILITY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DEPORT
SUSPECTED TERRORISTS, AND ADD NEW RESTRICTIONS ON PROVID-
ING MATERIAL SUPPORT TO TERRORISTS; AND ON THE ADMINISTRA-
TION'S COUNTERTERRORISM INTELLIGENCE GATHERING PROPOSALS,
FOCUSING ON WHETHER THERE IS A NEED FOR INCREASED WIRE-
TAP AND INFILTRATION AUTHORITY FOR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCE-
MENT

35-838 CC

APRIL 27 AND MAY 24, 1995

Serial No. J-104-18

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CONTENTS

STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., U.S. Senator from the State of Utah.

Specter, Hon. Arlen, U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania

Biden, Hon. Joseph R., Jr., U.S. Senator from the State of Delaware

Kohl, Hon. Herbert, U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin

Thurmond, Hon. Strom, U.S. Senator from the State of South Carolina

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

APRIL 27, 1995

Statement of Hon. Robert Dole, a U.S. Senator from the State of Kansas

Statement of Hon. Don Nickles, a U.S. Senator from the State of Oklahoma

Statement of Hon. James M. Inhofe, a U.S. Senator from the State of

Oklahom

Panel consisting of Jamie S. Gorelick, Deputy Attorney General, Department

of Justice, Washington, DC; Louis J. Freeh, Director, Federal Bureau of

Investigation, Washington, DC; and Ronald K. Noble, Under Secretary for

Enforcement, Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

Panel consisting of Morris S. Dees, Jr., director, Southern Poverty Law Cen-

ter, Montgomery, AL; Steven Emerson, Washington, DC; Brian Jenkins,

Kroll Associates, Los Angeles, CA; and Robert Kupperman, senior adviser,

Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC

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ALPHABETICAL LIST AND MATERIALS SUBMITTED

Dees, Morris S., Jr.:

Testimony

Prepared statement

Article: Shut Down America's Terrorist Training Camps by Morris

Dees and Philip Zelikow

Letter from The Southern Poverty Law Center to Attorney General
Janet Reno dated Oct. 25, 1994

Letter from the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division,
to Morris Dees dated Nov., 1994

Dole, Hon. Robert:

Testimony

Prepared statement

Letter from the U.S. Senate to Attorney General Janet Reno dated

Apr. 25, 1995

Emerson, Steven:

Testimony

Prepared statement

Freeh, Louis J.:

Testimony

Prepared statement

Gorelick, Jamie S.:

Testimony

Prepared statement

Jamie S. Gorelick, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice

Hatch, Hon. Orrin G.: Submitted the following prepared statements:

Jim E. Moody, Acting Deputy Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of In-

vestigation

James X. Dempsey