ABSTRACT
Domestic terrorism from right-wing, left-wing, and single-issue groups remains a great concern for our law enforcement agencies. The growing propensity of these organizations and their members to “act out” and to step up and engage law enforcement is alarming. The radicalization of Americans continues with several successful attacks and more than 50 thwarted in our country since 9/11. The threat of the lone wolf, already embedded in society and acting alone with unyielding determination, is extremely worrisome. Factor in an unprecedented increase in hate groups and gangs in the United States, and the domestic terrorism picture is quite grim with resourceconstrained law enforcement agencies struggling to juggle myriad challenges. Drug-trafficking organizations are flourishing south (and north) of our border with Mexico. Now operating in the United States, cartels are using gangs to move product and are attempting to corrupt border patrol officers to open lanes for moving people, drugs, and, potentially, worse into our nation.
