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Man arrested for plotting to attack DC metro

• jluxenberg 16y ago
  If I'm reading the article right, the guy was "plotting" with law enforcement officials. Sounds a bit like entrapment, but I guess there's a fine line.
  • icegreentea 16y ago
    We don't know any of the actual details, so it's pretty useless to speculate. It's entirely possible for undercover cops to gather this type of information without even close to being entrapment. Remember, you have to be induced to committing a crime that you would have committed otherwise for it to be entrapment. Having an undercover contact you and go "you wanna help kill americans" and you go out of your way to confirm that they are legit, and then say "sure, let's scheme together" is not entrapment. Just like how if someone approaches you and says "wanna buy some weed", it ain't entrapment when you get busted.