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It has been rumored that the leader of the proud boys is an fbi informant. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/27/proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-fbi
by barbacoa 6y ago
It has been rumored that the leader of the proud boys is an fbi informant.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/27/proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-fbi-informant https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/27/proud-boys-l...
After 9/11 the fbi sent all kinds of informants into mosques to honeypot people into fake terrorist plots, it would now seem to serve the current political winds to do it to people on the right.
- zikzak 6y agoThis info is solely based on podcasts focused on legally matters but I think it is very common for the FBI to stop by someone's home and have a talk with them about how thier online rhetoric and personal associations have put them on a list of people that they are keeping thier eye on. For many people, this is enough to convince them it's time to cool thier jets (again, this is my impression as a layman). I think this happens far more often than "he has a barn full of fertilizer and diesel and now he's calling rental places to reserve a big panel truck so let's shut it down"...
- CodeWriter23 6y agoI think if the FBI thinks someone is a threat, the last thing they do is let the suspect know they are on to him.