Domestic terrorism has risen, although casualties are down, a Senate Committee is told | American Military News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The lower number of fatalities might be explained by the effective work by law enforcement in preventing attacks.
35% : Jones told Portman a surge of attacks against law enforcement is "primarily a recent phenomenon," although government officials, the military and police have been targeted in the United States at various points in the nation's history, such as when domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh bombed Oklahoma City's federal building and killed 168 people.
33% : The committee's top Republican, U.S. Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, expressed concern that "violent extremists from all segments of the ideological spectrum are increasingly targeting the military, law enforcement and government personnel."

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