Reasonable suspicion is indeed the standard, but it's quite easy to fabricate if you're literally just trying to detain someone and have no intent of seeking a

Reasonable suspicion is indeed the standard, but it's quite easy to fabricate if you're literally just trying to detain someone and have no intent of seeking a warrant or pressing charges. I can't imagine they'd need to fabricate much for Oswald, whom they knew quite a bit about. Certainly, the FBI to this day regularly engages in much legally sketchier behavior with much lower stakes. Edit: cf their weird habit of actively encouraging children to become terrorists https://theintercept.com/2024/01/10/fbi-sting-isis-autistic-teen/ https://theintercept.com/2024/01/10/fbi-sting-isis-autistic-... https://theintercept.com/2023/06/15/fbi-undercover-isis-teenager-terrorist/ https://theintercept.com/2023/06/15/fbi-undercover-isis-teen... https://theintercept.com/2023/07/31/fbi-isis-sting-mentally-ill-teen/ https://theintercept.com/2023/07/31/fbi-isis-sting-mentally-...