"TERRORISM" (from Webster's New World Dictionary)
- the use of force or threats to demoralize, intimidate, and subjugate,
esp. such use as a political weapon or policy.
"SEDITION" (from www.m-w.com) - incitement
of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority.
"SUBVERSION" (from www.m-w.com) - the act
of subverting: the state of being subverted; especially, a systematic attempt
to overthrow or undermine a government or political system by persons
working secretly from within.
"TREASON" (from www.m-w.com) - 1: TREACHERY;
2: the offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government
of the state to which the offender owes allegiance or to kill or
personally injure the sovereign or the sovereign's family.
(From www.law.com) n. the crime of betraying one's country, defined
in Article III, section 3 of the U.S. Constitution: "Treason against the
United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering
to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort." Treason requires
overt acts and includes the giving of government security secrets
to other countries, even if friendly, when the information could harm American
security. Treason can include revealing to an antagonistic country secrets
such as the design of a bomber being built by a private company for the
Defense Department. Treason may include "espionage" (spying for a foreign
power or doing damage to the operation of the government and its agencies,
particularly those involved in security) but is separate and worse than
"sedition."
"PATRIOTIC" (from www.law.com) - 1: inspired
by patriotism; 2: befitting or characteristic of a patriot.
"PATRIOT" (from www.law.com) - one who loves
his or her country and supports its authority and interests.
