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No, not unless they're insane. It looks more like they deliberately worded it to appeal to mentally retarded individuals suffering from persecutory delusions an
by beenBoutIT 7y ago
No, not unless they're insane. It looks more like they deliberately worded it to appeal to mentally retarded individuals suffering from persecutory delusions and the like. 'Terrorist Foiled' sounds better than 'Delusional Idiot Entrapped', especially when taxpayers are footing the bill.
- wallace_f 7y agoYou got a lot of downvotes, but the themes in your comment are, in fact, eerily close to reality, even though a lot of people wouldn't believe it. The Intercept has a long-running series documenting the Security State prosecuting people for terrorism, who never were terorrists -- many are mentally ill people given plots and weapons by the FBI: https://theintercept.com/2017/09/03/the-fbi-pressured-a-lonely-young-man-into-a-bomb-plot-he-tried-to-back-out-now-hes-serving-life-in-prison/ https://theintercept.com/2017/09/03/the-fbi-pressured-a-lone... See the full series and list of stories here: https://trial-and-terror.theintercept.com/ https://trial-and-terror.theintercept.com/
- mrguyorama 7y agoThe legal requirements for entrapment are quite forgiving