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Not if their goal is deterrence, which leads me to conclude that they don't have an assassination program.
Taking murder laws into account, I expect a scenario where UFAI researchers tend to turn up dead under mysterious circumstances without any group credibly claiming responsibility would more effectively deter UFAI research than one where a single rogue research institute openly professes an assassination policy.
Hypothetically speaking.
Do-gooding terrorists relatively frequenly claim responsibility for their actions. For instance, consider the case of Anonymous.
Considering that nearly all terrorists probably think of themselves as do-gooders, I'm not sure how you separate a pool of actual do-gooding terrorists large enough to draw meaningful inferences about it.
Terrorist groups relatively frequenly claim responsibility for their actions.