As far as "intelligence ops gone awry," you can almost take any random "FBI busts up terror plot" story and on closer inspection it turns out they were goading

As far as "intelligence ops gone awry," you can almost take any random "FBI busts up terror plot" story and on closer inspection it turns out they were goading the suspects into it and providing material support. An example where that may have gotten out of hand is the Boston Marathon bombing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21690520 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21690520