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> who's to say they wouldn't commit acts of terror with more primitive means? Basic psych, backed up by statistics. There's a critical amount of motivation ne
by EdHominem 10y ago
> who's to say they wouldn't commit acts of terror with more primitive means?
Basic psych, backed up by statistics.
There's a critical amount of motivation needed for large plans (travel, running a business, shooting people, etc) that most people never come up with on their own.
When we look at how many dangerous people (as proven by unprompted attacks) fit into a profile the FBI would have harassed beforehand we can see how unrelated these groups are.
It's not like they're doing a bad thing but actually accomplishing something with it, such that if we just suffer some pain (the odd false arrest) we would made safer. Actually they're almost 100% misguided and we gain nothing except having built an otherwise worthless secret police who think they're infallible. (After all, they convince almost 100% of the crazies they target to push a button...)
> In the end, there is only one question you need to ask yourself: am I at risk of an FBI entrapment sting?
No, are you more likely at risk of FBI entrapment than suffering in an actual terrorist attack?
Security has to have a goal (safety) against which you measure the cost (false arrest).
The answer is that you're vastly more likely to be implicated in a sting than actually hurt by a terrorist. Why? Because the FBI's actual success rate at stopping dangerous people is close to zero but their budget is nearly unlimited.
They're federal police. They good at stopping bank robberies and kidnappings. They fail at everything more complex because they are institutionally allergic to realistic profiles. (Why, partly because most agents would get a high score on a "likely dangerous" checklist that didn't unduly focus on being muslim.)
> Since I do not condone terrorism or make any effort to communicate with terrorists or terrorist supporters, the Bureau will not bother me.
If you understood the depth of data collected you'd realize you're never more than two-degrees separated. Probably less if you have a contact-list over 100 people.