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In reply to the discussion: Another young kid trapped into acting as a terrorist by the FBI [View all]HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)89. intelligence services generally are probably one of the biggest forms. certainly is a lot of
historic evidence for that proposition, anyway.
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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