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People say stupid things on the internet all the time though. Flipping out over every dramatic teenager is what the FBI is going to have to do to prevent anothe
by swiley 6y ago
People say stupid things on the internet all the time though. Flipping out over every dramatic teenager is what the FBI is going to have to do to prevent another bombing. Whether that makes sense is a different question.
- jacquesm 6y agoThis one looks to be a bit further along than just talking in chat rooms. At the same time, the FBI is not exactly known for being 100% truthful all the time and has been known to actively push these plots along to the point where they became real enough that something had to be done about it. That's not kind of thing that will help them in the longer run.
- Fnoord 6y agoPeople need to understand whatever they write online can have repercussions. That you get away with saying stupid things on the internet is irrelevant. Criminal youth, including underaged, are organizing online to perform criminal acts. This is just one of the examples of that. I don't know how the FBI does it, but the Dutch police have to work with the following (compatible with ECHR): "In the Netherlands we have the so called Tallon criterium. A person cannot be enticed by the investigating officer to perform a criminal act or omission other than he or she had already planned to do. A foreign police officer who is deployed for infiltration has to meet high standards (knowledge and skills). The check is undertaken by the national public prosecutor." [1] [1] https://www.ejn-crimjust.europa.eu/ejn/EJN_FichesBelgesResult/EN/202/337/-1 https://www.ejn-crimjust.europa.eu/ejn/EJN_FichesBelgesResul...