Modern Domestic Terrorism Threats in America and an Exploration in Counterterrorism Solutions

Violent ideological groups, lone wolves, and domestic actors comprise some of the main threats to U.S. national security today, varying between leader-led and leaderless structures of an organization. In some cases, a combination of all three exists, such as a group of independent lone wolves radicalized by extremist groups residing in the U.S., having found a belief system over chat rooms on the internet, as the story so often goes.