- 31 Aug 2014 02:50
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Clearly the entire concept of "terrorism" is farcical in and of itself, and is merely a strategic tactic for de-legitimising the military activities of the enemy in an asymmetric conflict, but the spill over from it in the form of these entrapment cases, to keep the fear lingering in their people takes it to a whole new level.
Source: The Guardian
The Guardian wrote:"In some cases the FBI may have created terrorists out of law-abiding individuals by suggesting the idea of taking terrorist action or encouraging the target to act," the report alleges.
Out of the 494 cases related to terrorism the US has tried since 9/11, the plurality of convictions – 18% overall – are not for thwarted plots but for "material support" charges, a broad category expanded further by the 2001 Patriot Act that permits prosecutors to pursue charges with tenuous connections to a terrorist act or group.
Source: The Guardian
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