If you are using a topic map to track terrorism, here is another definition of “threat” for your map.
The city of Casper, Wyoming, population of about 55,000, was threatened on www.4chan.org with a threat summarized as:
The post threatened to employ kitchen knives, an aluminum baseball bat, and a hammer and wooden stake — in addition to handguns — to prove that a “high score” could be achieved without assault rifles.
According to Government Security News:
As a result of the threat, officials immediately took precautions that included placing 40 schools on lockdown, notifying hospitals and nursing homes, and placing police officers at potential locations of an attack.
Threat: Web posting that contains plans to harm others by absurd means, such as a hammer and wooden stake.
I rest easier knowing the FBI is ready to spring into action to prevent hate crimes against fictional populations (vampires).
Don’t you?
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