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"I think it's a very low ROI approach for the FBI" Wrong. Creating these instances is extremely, hugely profitable in the form of increased funding for anti-te

"I think it's a very low ROI approach for the FBI" Wrong. Creating these instances is extremely, hugely profitable in the form of increased funding for anti-terrorism. I see what you are saying on the rest, and thats the response I would expect from an intelligent person that is uneducated on the subject. The fact is that they are not getting jihadists the means and then grabbing them, they are preying on poor people and promising them money through corrupt informants who usually participate in the plot up until the last minute and then get off scot-free. A good primer book on the subject, along with some of the lectures from the author: https://www.amazon.com/Terror-Factory-Inside-Manufactured-Terrorism/dp/1935439618/184-9015899-6826910?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0 https://www.amazon.com/Terror-Factory-Inside-Manufactured-Te... I started my military career in anti-terrorism, back before they had to change the very definition because they realized it applied to them quite often. You want to know the terrorists I'm the most afraid of, and I think America should be? The ones in suits and ties, on Wall Street and in DC. I'm not afraid of men in thwabs doing dastardly things, and even if they did, it's such an outlier and small scope/scale it's a drop in terror bucket compared the financial terrorists.

enraged_camel 10y ago
>>Wrong. Creating these instances is extremely, hugely profitable in the form of increased funding for anti-terrorism. Without knowing exactly how much it costs to manufacture the instances and then calculating how much funding is received per instance, how can you say they are "hugely profitable"? I can't imagine that training corrupt informants, organizing the plots, managing the activities and providing the supplies would be cheap. Realistically, only the top-most officials in the FBI probably see a real cost-benefit analysis of the program. And, for all we know, they may be operating in the red, but continuing the program due to the intangible benefits it provides the FBI (e.g. increased authority).

enraged_camel 10y ago

>>Wrong. Creating these instances is extremely, hugely profitable in the form of increased funding for anti-terrorism. Without knowing exactly how much it costs to manufacture the instances and then calculating how much funding is received per instance, how can you say they are "hugely profitable"? I can't imagine that training corrupt informants, organizing the plots, managing the activities and providing the supplies would be cheap. Realistically, only the top-most officials in the FBI probably see a real cost-benefit analysis of the program. And, for all we know, they may be operating in the red, but continuing the program due to the intangible benefits it provides the FBI (e.g. increased authority).