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In an article reporting on trade groups’ pressure on federal agencies to treat damage to communications networks as domestic terrorism in some cases, thus increasing the resources available to investigate such crimes, Communications Daily quoted our recent blog post on Charter Communications’ misleading statement doing just that – labeling damage to fiber-optic cables as an act of “domestic terrorism.”
From the article, which is behind a paywall:
Law enforcement is “balking” at Charter’s domestic terrorism label, “which really does seem to be irresponsible,” wrote public relations firm PRCG Haggerty, which specializes in crisis communications. “Companies, and their PR professionals, must remain disciplined in how they describe criminal acts, especially those that impact infrastructure,” it blogged this month, pointing to reporting indicating that the California damage was vandalism.