In fact, the news of this terror plot being foiled by the FBI came right after the Boston bombing. I can only assume they were trying to deflect attention from the fact that it became quickly known the FBI had the Tsarnaevs on its radar for some time. And again, as I said at the time of the Boston bombing, it's not unreasonable to be suspicious that the Tsarnaevs may have been another of the FBI’s operations, and it went south. If not, they are surely playing with fire, and one day sooner or later one of these operations WILL get out of their control.A teenager from the suburbs of the US city of Chicago has been arraigned on terrorism charges in connection with an FBI sting operation that has raised new questions about whether US investigators are engaging in entrapment.
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Beyond that glaring problem with entrapment operations, this particular case is, I think, highly problematic on another count. They arrested the kid for trying to join (through an FBI fake AQ website) an al Qa’ida group that is fighting in Syria.
Not only would it NOT have done so; he was hoping to go fight in a civil war in Syria, which really has nothing at all to do with the US.He was arrested at O'Hare International Airport on Friday as he prepared to start the first leg of a trip that authorities allege he hoped would hook him up with fighters in Syria.
....but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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