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Originally posted by intrptr
Imagine the Government needing justification for all the blanket civil liberties violations legislation by fomenting domestic terrorism at home. It would fit. Without going into all the details, I guess trolling for "terrorists" in a "poor neighborhood" might work. And then what a story. FBI gallantly foils domestic terror plot! See, See! We need all the police state you can dish out. Thankyou for protecting us one more time!
Not this time, however...
And the media will wait patiently for the next one.
In 2004 the FBI suggested that al-Qaida sleeper cells were believed to be operating in 40 states, awaiting orders and funding for new attacks on U.S. soil. The bureau believed that these agents were being funded “by millions of dollars solicited by an extensive network of bogus charities and foundations,” with the cells using “Muslim communities as cover and places to raise cash and recruit sympathizers.” U.S. law-enforcement authorities claimed to have satellite photos and communications intercepts that documented between 60 and 70 camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and in Pakistan. Still, finding sleeper-cell terrorists is very difficult, especially with the presumption of innocence and extensive legal rights and civil liberties granted suspects under U.S. law.
India’s then National Security Adviser M. K. Narayanan, for instance, warned, on August 11, 2006, “The Lashkar (LeT) today has emerged as a very major force. It has connectivity with west Asia, Europe... Actually there was a LeT module broken (sic) in Virginia and some people were picked up. It is as big as and omnipotent as al Qaeda in every sense of the term.” Again, on April 21, 2010, he reiterated, “The LeT has networks in 21 countries, including Australia, North America, Europe and Asia."
Originally posted by intrptr
reply to post by AutOmatIc
Dude you sound very terrified.
Maybe take that visor off? It's blocking your vision.
Is is so hard to believe that there might actually be sleeper cells in the U.S.? Real trained operatives that at a given moment could unleash a tidal wave of suicide bombings and other crazy acts of terror?
Originally posted by JudgeDeath
reply to post by gladtobehere
FBI "Wanna buy a gun"
Stooge "Er no!"
FBI "Wanna know how to become a terrorist?"
Stooge "Er no!"
FBI *tac*tac* "Sir we have a warrant for your arrest!"
Stooge "What have I done?"
FBI "Sir...what is this?"
Stooge "My Quran...!"
FBI "Sir you're under arrest for being in possession of "Jihadist literature"
Originally posted by Flavian
reply to post by smyleegrl
Maybe because people were trying to get him to make radical statements and buy a gun? That would make me suspicious too.
If true, this is a total abuse of powers. Agents should be locked up for effectively providing false testament and committing perjury.
I have never understood though how entrapment could ever be considered legal?
Is is so hard to believe that there might actually be sleeper cells in the U.S.? Real trained operatives that at a given moment could unleash a tidal wave of suicide bombings and other crazy acts of terror?
COINTELPRO is the acronym for the FBI's secretive/mostly illegal counterintelligence program to neutralize political dissidents, including communists; anti-war, human and civil rights activists; the American Indian Movement; and Black Panther Party among others.