"The most vocal and most active members of both political parties, on the Democratic side they tend to be the most liberal and on the Republican side they tend to be the most conservative."

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

So far attacks in the U.S. - at least those that are publicly known -- have been thwarted by heightened security awareness and increased counterterrorism measures from the U.S.side, as well as by both bad luck and professional incompetence on the terrorists' part.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05