The Sting: How the FBI Created a Terrorist
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/16/howthefbicreatedaterrorist/
This is another story about how the FBI manufactures "terrorist" incidents in order to produce convictions as "proof" that the War on "Terror" is effective. However, this time Trevor Aaronson was able to obtain confidential records from the investigation that shows the agents involved were entirely aware that their subject was mentally ill and not a true "terrorist" threat:
In other recorded conservations, Richard Worms, the FBI squad supervisor, describes Osmakac as a “retarded fool” who doesn’t have “a pot to piss in.” The agents talk about the prosecutors’ eagerness for a “Hollywood ending” for their sting. They refer to Osmakac’s targets as “wishy-washy,” and his terrorist ambitions as a “pipe-dream scenario.” The transcripts show FBI agents struggled to put $500 in Osmakac’s hands so he could make a down payment on the weapons — something the Justice Department insisted on to demonstrate Osmakac’s capacity for and commitment to terrorism.
By now, the FBI's
modus operandi is well-established: find a disgruntled young Muslim, preferably experiencing financial hardship, and coax him into playing along with an elaborate plot conceived and supported by the FBI itself. It's likely that such targets are identified from the NSA's blanket surveillance programs:
HOW OSMAKAC CAME to the attention of law enforcement in the first place is still unclear. In a December 2012 Senate floor speech, Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, cited Osmakac’s case as one of nine that demonstrated the effectiveness of surveillance under the FISA Amendments Act. Senate legal counsel later walked back those comments, saying they were misconstrued. Osmakac is among terrorism defendants who were subjected to some sort of FISA surveillance, according to court records, but whether he was under individual surveillance or identified through bulk collection is unknown. Discovery material referenced in a defense motion included a surveillance log coversheet with the description, “CT-GLOBAL EXTREMIST INSPIRED.”
If he first came onto the FBI’s radar as a result of eavesdropping, then it’s plausible that as part of the sting, the FBI manufactured another explanation for his targeting. This is a long-running, if controversial process known as “parallel construction,” which has also been used by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration when drug offenders are identified through bulk collection and then prosecuted for drug crimes.
This type of operation illustrates exactly how much the U.S. Constitution has been subverted.
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