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"The FBI has done some heinous things in its pursuit of its counter-terrorism
objectives. While it’s true the FBI has occasionally nabbed actual terrorists,
it seems to prefer creating terrorists to going after those that are already
avowed terrorists.
The FBI utilizes informants and undercover agents to perform this highly
questionable work. Investigations border on entrapment. Internet loudmouths,
petty criminals, or people with mental health issues are pushed and prodded to
make their words a reality. In most cases, the targets of these investigations
can’t. They don’t have the money, the expertise, or even the will to follow
through with violent acts. Informants provide the tools, weapons, plans, and
constant pressure needed to turn often otherwise harmless people into so-called
terrorists the FBI can swoop in and arrest them the moment they start turning
the plans the informants concocted into reality.
Apparently, the FBI is not alone in its willingness to radicalize people just
so it can arrest them and hit them with charges that could result in decades of
imprisonment. The counter-terrorist wing of Australian law enforcement does the
same thing. This truly horrific story at least has a (partially) happy ending.
But the events leading up to this conclusion are cruel and inhumane."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
