1. The D.C.
Snipers
John Allen Muhammed & Lee
Boyd Malvo
“How do you draw a plan to
catch a ghost?”
-Asst. Chief Diedre Walker
Research Questions
 How were the attacks carried
out?
 How were they able to evade
the police for so long?
 What caused the attacks?
 How were the shooters
finally caught?
Social Disruption Theory
 Social disruption is an objective
of propaganda by deed.
 The ability of terrorists and
extremists to disrupt the normal
routines of society demonstrates
both the weakness of the

2. government and the strength of
the movement.
 When governments fail to
protect the normal routines of
society, discontent may spread
throughout society, thus making
the population susceptible to
manipulation.