Case file
John Guandolo
The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in October 6, 2023. Today the opening carries none. 7 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. “terror” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 7.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023
American writer, conspiracy theorist, political activist and former FBI agent John D. Guandolo is an American former FBI Special Agent and anti-Islam counter-terrorism activist who has provided training sessions for law enforcement and local politicians, and who has been described as an "anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist".1
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Today
“terror” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 7. Read the current article and compare.
| Oct '23 | 2025 | |
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| terror | 1 | 0 |
Where the word went
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- “terror” now appears 3× under Understanding the Threat, 25% of the way down the article
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