> I wonder, at what point would NSA start manufacturing threats. The FBI have been doing that for years.[1,2] Sadly enough, to expect other agencies to refrain

> I wonder, at what point would NSA start manufacturing threats. The FBI have been doing that for years.[1,2] Sadly enough, to expect other agencies to refrain from similar activities would be a fallacy. 1: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/terror-factory-fbi-trevor-aaronson-book http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/terror-factory-f... 2: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/08/fbi-terrorist-informants http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/08/fbi-terrorist-in... (also linked from the heading of first article)