ECOTERRORISM - crime against nature
In 2002, ecoterrorism crimes were recognized as a specific criminal violation. The FBI adopted this definition, which stands unmodified in 2005:
ECOTERRORISM:
The FBI defines eco-terrorism as the use or threatened use of violence of a criminal nature against innocent victims or property by an environmentally-oriented, subnational group for environmental-political reasons, or aimed at an audience beyond the target, often of a symbolic nature.
James F. Jarboe, Domestic Terrorism Section Chief, Counterterrorism Division, FBI; , Feb. 12, 2002.
