Terrorist Sting II

[Dale00]

Good work on the part of our anti-terrorist agencies or window dressing?

Another would-be terrorist arrested. This time a Muslim convert in Baltimore who wanted to bomb a military recruiting office. Last time a Somali in Oregon who wanted to bomb a Christmas crowd. But the script sounds the same otherwise: law enforcement has been "monitoring" them closely for months, the bomb is inert and the suspect is arrested after trying to detonate it.

From what I can see law enforcement is enticing dumb individuals to become terrorists, giving them lots of support they would not have otherwise and then springing the trap on them. Is this really stopping terrorism or a mostly artificial deal? Maybe I'm overlooking something here and it's good we have these people locked up, but I'd be a lot more impressed if a foreign supported group of truly capable terrorists were caught.

 

[orangecrush1007]

Kinda like bait and switch, only legal!
Or entrapment?

 

[bigfug]

 

[justinsaneok]

They do that with militia.

 

[SMS]

Or entrapment?

Not entrapment, but busting some retard who buys a fake bomb from a stranger is certainly not a stunning blow against the enemy either.

The real terrorists are going to bring or make their own bang...

 

[shootingbuff]

I have been tracking this stuff for over a yr. If you know where to look you will see about on the avg there are folks caught nearly every week. You wont find much of it covered in the news though.