At demonstrations near his home in Rockland County, he added, organizers have been unable to recruit young activists.

But one intelligence official said that young militants from several nations have used the country as a convenient base, and have tried to recruit local activists.

For the 1996 election cycle, Todd Richert recruited activists to assist with ballot access.

"I've spent years trying to recruit activists," he said.

The Groupers recruited Catholic activists to oppose Communism in the trade unions.

It also was one of the first organizations to tap into evangelical Christian churches as places to recruit and cultivate activists and support for social conservative causes.

The second level was made up of "trusted persons" who recruited activists.

From this action came a trial and Honeywell Project organizers recruited activists for another, larger action in the spring of 1983 in conjunction with Honeywell's annual shareholders meeting.

It recruited young Indian activists, raised funds, and possibly collected arms and maintained contact with revolutionary movements in India.

Mr. Young recruited activists and asked each of them to round up 15 or 20 people.