Since leaving TF and recovering my right mind (some might beg to differ) I've come to regard it as a spiritual terrorism organization. There are many parallels between the way terrorists groups and TF operate. I have sometimes used that analogy to help people understand what it was like to have been in the cult because most really don't have a clue. They hear a lot more about political terrorist groups though so the analogy is apt. Here's a couple excerpts from a recent NY Times report on some domestic eco-terrorists, which partly illustrate my point. Perhaps these groups' use of the term "the family" might prompt the authorities to set their surveillance screens to capture any use of that term, if they haven't already.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/21/politics/21indict.html?th&emc=th
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 - A federal grand jury in Eugene, Ore., has indicted 11 people on charges that they committed acts of domestic terrorism on behalf of two shadowy environmental groups, the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front.
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In announcing the indictment, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said the defendants referred to themselves as "the family," coordinating their efforts and sometimes publicizing them, "to influence the conduct of government and private businesses through the use of coordinated force, violence, sabotage, intimidation and coercion."
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Both groups cited in the indictment make no secret of their purpose or tactics in fulfilling their vision of protecting the environment and animals used for research - or in their desire for secrecy. The indictment charges that each member of "the family" takes an oath never to reveal to the authorities the identity of a co-conspirator.