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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGovernment agents 'directly involved' in "NEARLY-ALL" high-profile US terror plots
Government agents 'directly involved' in most high-profile US terror plots Human Rights Watch documents 'sting' operations
Report raises questions about post-9/11 civil rights
Nearly all of the highest-profile domestic terrorism plots in the United States since 9/11 featured the "direct involvement" of government agents or informants, a new report says
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"In some cases the FBI may have created terrorists out of law-abiding individuals by suggesting the idea of taking terrorist action or encouraging the target to act," the report alleges.
Out of the 494 cases related to terrorism the US has tried since 9/11, the plurality of convictions 18% overall are not for thwarted plots but for "material support" charges, a broad category expanded further by the 2001 Patriot Act that permits prosecutors to pursue charges with tenuous connections to a terrorist act or group.
In one such incident, the initial basis for a material-support case alleging a man provided "military gear" to al-Qaida turned out to be waterproof socks in his luggage.
Several cases featured years-long solitary confinement for accused terrorists before their trials. Some defendants displayed signs of mental incapacity. Jurors for the 2007 plot to attack the Fort Dix army base, itself influenced by government informants, were anonymous, limiting defense counsel's ability to screen out bias.
the disgusting rest:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/21/government-agents-directly-involved-us-terror-plots-report
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Government agents 'directly involved' in "NEARLY-ALL" high-profile US terror plots (Original Post)
kpete
Jul 2014
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Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)1. No surprise here. I don't like sting operations when mountains are made
out of molehills. I imagine some victims have motor-mouths that get them in trouble...we all know those types of people...but still, to egg them on just doesn't seem right.
Now, if they infiltrate groups or individuals who are planning terrorist-type events, then no holds barred. I just feel the FBI and CIA manufacture a lot of our problems, rather than solve them. Guess I'm just old-fashioned.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)2. Ditto. nt
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)3. Anyone here really surprised?
Makes one wonder exactly how far they would go to justify keeping teh terra terra terra meme alive.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)4. As far as they need.
freedom fighter jh
(1,782 posts)5. Makes this one wonder
whether it was US gov't that started the terra meme.
9/11 itself?
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)6. So, this started right after 9/11? But wasn't true for 9/11?
Uh-huh...