Развитие законодательства США по борьбе с терроризмом до 11 сентября 2001 года

Abstract

The article is devoted to the consideration of the stages of the development of the US legislation on the fight against terrorism. The goals and tasks solved by the state in a concrete historical period are considered. The anti-terrorism laws adopted by the US Congress are analyzed. The main directions of the US state policy in the field of the fight against terrorism are determined. The author shares the development of US anti-terrorism legislation in three stages. Two of them are considered in the article. The first stage refers to the period of the 1860s—1920s, a stage of the fight against internal terrorism. At this stage there was a struggle of the US authorities with anarcho-terrorism, as well as with the activities of a number of secret terrorist communities that later merged into the most powerful criminal organization — Ku Klux Klan. The second stage refers to the period from 1920 to 2001, the stage before the events of September 11, 2001. The activities of the US authorities at this stage is based on the principle of forcibly suppressing of the activities of foreign special services of hostile states. The laws aimed at combating terrorism, adopted by the US Congress until September 11, 2001, are analyzed.