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About that plot. Don't take it too seriously. The FBI has a reputation for making hay, with fictional plots they create, and cast out nets to fish gullible peop
by jungletime 6y ago
About that plot. Don't take it too seriously. The FBI has a reputation for making hay, with fictional plots they create, and cast out nets to fish gullible people into.
Budgets need justifying! And catching real terrorists is hard. Much harder than entrapping some internet idiots in a chat room.
Don't take my word for it. Here's a civil rights lawyer talking about how weak that case is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POB5i3Ll9bg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POB5i3Ll9bg
- danans 6y ago> About that plot. Don't take it too seriously Considering that they stockpiled semiautomatic weapons in preparation for the plot, seems like it should be taken very seriously, even if their rationale (punishing the governor for closing gyms) was silly.
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- m0zg 6y ago> stockpiled semiautomatic weapons I have a "stockpile" of "semiautomatic weapons" in a safe not 5 meters from where I sit right now. Three rifles, a shotgun, and half a dozen pistols in various calibers, plus several thousand rounds of ammo. In the US "stockpiling" doesn't count for anything.
- danans 6y ago> I have a "stockpile" of "semiautomatic weapons" in a safe not 5 meters from where I sit right now. You're not plotting to kidnap an elected official with them. Pretty big difference.
- m0zg 6y agoThe FBI agent was "plotting". Others were just along for the ride it sounds like. This will fall apart and embarrass the FBI.