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In reply to the discussion: Another young kid trapped into acting as a terrorist by the FBI [View all]Th1onein
(8,514 posts)99. Once again, believing everything the mainstream media throws at you is not good.
Ever heard the phrase, "Ye shall know them by their fruit"? When these guys turn out "fruit" that is rotten, time and time again, and these cases get dismissed, the "perpetrators" get acquitted, or they end in mistrials, that should tell you something. The New York Times did a couple of pieces on this, as a matter of fact. You should read them:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/us/17terror.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/nyregion/16terror.html?pagewanted=all&gwh=B9D91B3BF566FF5ED5D12AEB3811D2CC
And, the Guardian has also done a piece, on this same topic:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/16/fbi-entrapment-fake-terror-plots
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there are no real al qaida facilitators, apparently. because every 'terror plot' uncovered so far
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#80
but it's never yet happened. all the terror plots have been facilitated by the fbi or police.
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#111
and yet, it's never happened. no doubt because the fbi has done such a good job of rounding
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#116
Big difference between being allowed to show intent and being induced. I don't know this kid, nor do
Egalitarian Thug
Oct 2012
#119
Do you believe in actual conspiracies? Do you doubt that J. Edgar Hoover used the resources of the
Egalitarian Thug
Oct 2012
#124
I'm sorry, did I give you the impression that your opinion is relevant?
Egalitarian Thug
Oct 2012
#150
you're the only person who said anything about 'racism'. by way of avoiding the point, which is --
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#122
lol. you can't enlighten me because i'm right. no terror plots unearthed except those where
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#144
tell me a domestic 'al qaida' 'terror plot' in the us where *al qaida* has recruited young men.
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#123
11 years ago. so we passed laws that lets us lock up illiterate black men, students & anarchists.
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#141
nope. people can blow stuff up without talking to the fbi & lettng them pick the target and supply
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#148
lol. perhaps a course in logic? nope, my point is very clear. every 'terror plot' since 911,
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#152
I mean who hasn't, (in a fit of "youthful indiscretion"!) put together a Nitrogen-fuel bomb
Romulox
Oct 2012
#60
Way to cherry pick the article. Didn't mention what actually happened, did you?
GaYellowDawg
Oct 2012
#63
One minute you're saying you can't believe the news. The next you're citing it as the basis for your
onenote
Oct 2012
#34
Once again, believing everything the mainstream media throws at you is not good.
Th1onein
Oct 2012
#99
No one is doing that, but at the same time you disparage the MSM, you also use them as a source.
cleanhippie
Oct 2012
#109
And the part of the story where he's taped trying to blow up a building is excusable? Seriously?
bettyellen
Oct 2012
#10
you mean the part where he's taped talking to the gov't provocateur talking about blowing up a
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#81
".......going about trying to FIND someone from a terrorist organization to help them......."
WillowTree
Oct 2012
#28
I'm not surprised when someone believes everything the mainstream media dishes out to them.
Th1onein
Oct 2012
#33
The majority of these things turn into mistrials, acquittals and just plain wasts of our taxpayers
glacierbay
Oct 2012
#58
Wait, what? You distrust the mainstream media, yet use the mainstream media as your source?
cleanhippie
Oct 2012
#87
The only problem I have is whith your apparent hypocrisy, and nothing more.
cleanhippie
Oct 2012
#110
I'm just trying to figure out what you feel is a valid source. Make up your mind.
cleanhippie
Oct 2012
#114
No you're not. YOU'RE the one who asked for me to source this, in the first place.
Th1onein
Oct 2012
#117
No, you told someone ELSE that. Do try and keep your conversations straight.
cleanhippie
Oct 2012
#133
Thank goodness they are intercepted by agents. That's how they're caught. Duh.
Honeycombe8
Oct 2012
#13
I think it is telling that you keep referring to a 21 year old as a "kid", and you wild specualation
cleanhippie
Oct 2012
#86
"there must be persuasion to commit a crime by the entrapping party". indeed. & we will know
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#88
It's tough. According to the story, the person "sought out" al-Qaida contacts and had already
NYC Liberal
Oct 2012
#90
yes, 'according to the story'. and the 'story' is based on the testimony of the gov't provocateurs.
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#91
Did you even READ the article, Generic Brad? Because it doesn't look like you did. eom
Th1onein
Oct 2012
#27
Yes, trapped. Because driving that van to a police station would have been impossible.
Motown_Johnny
Oct 2012
#20
Hell, if he wanted to be a terrorist, he could have joined the CIA and guided drones.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Oct 2012
#25
intelligence services generally are probably one of the biggest forms. certainly is a lot of
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#89
So this guy tries to blow up a building holding 400 billion in foreign gold reserves
name not needed
Oct 2012
#35
Where is the kid in the story. Looks like it is in reference to an adult. nt.
NCTraveler
Oct 2012
#48
I disagree, I have no problem with the FBI providing fake bombs to upstart terrorists
DrewFlorida
Oct 2012
#51
I think republican statements about how we should act in regards to the rest of the world
bluestate10
Oct 2012
#78
sometimes I think those stories are here to "trap" liberals into agreeing..
progressivebydesign
Oct 2012
#158
Yah riiiight. The kid was just doing his homework, and a pop-up appeared on his screen..
progressivebydesign
Oct 2012
#159
this is disgusting. Just to bolster the neocon's claim that terrorism is a huge threat to America
librechik
Oct 2012
#68
He is such a doe eyed saint. He only wanted to kill our President and/or blow up the
bluestate10
Oct 2012
#76
Any "kid" who is DUMB ENOUGH to fall for something like that needs to be incarcerated
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#84
And yet you are surrounded by them every single day you leave your house.
Egalitarian Thug
Oct 2012
#120
Falling for a sting operation like that requires a special kind of stupidity
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#131
So you would be OK with it if he had acquired real bomb materials and detonated his van.
npk
Oct 2012
#106
Your version makes more sense. It holds water. The thread we're in right now is silly. nt
Electric Monk
Oct 2012
#161
Oh brother. I know plenty of young people who would not go along with this.
progressivebydesign
Oct 2012
#157
If someone offered you explosives to commit terrorist acts would you take them up on it?
4th law of robotics
Oct 2012
#162
He's finally dead, but OBL won. Just look at this thread, the irrational fear that
Egalitarian Thug
Oct 2012
#164