“For me, this has never been about politics. It's about service. Service to country, service to others, and making sure the truth reaches the people who make the hardest decisions.”
They feel that their only recourse is to commit an act of violence, to silence those who oppose them, and to intimidate and terrorize others into silence. This is the definition of terrorism.
Those in the Intelligence Community who betray their oath to the Constitution and put their own interests ahead of the American people have broken the sacred trust they promised to uphold.