15th Major NYC Attack Since 9/11 Thwarted

[The Mad Monk]

Do you seriously care about Asher's harping on that point?

No, but it was fun anyway.

[Kidlicious]

I suspect the FBI simply troll for angry young muslims, offer them the means, and then arrest them as terrorists. Freakin' brilliant! Look at all the terrorists we're stopping! Increase our funding!

Well yeah, they have informers. If you go around asking strangers if they want to buy drugs you are going to end up in jail. It's the same thing with going around asking people if they want to help with some terrorism.

[Uncle Sparky]

Well yeah, they have informers. If you go around asking strangers if they want to buy drugs you are going to end up in jail. It's the same thing with going around asking people if they want to help with some terrorism.

Winnipeg Free Press...

...Four men were convicted in 2009 in a plot to bomb synagogues and shoot down military planes with missiles - a case that began after an FBI informant was assigned to infiltrate a mosque in Newburgh, about 70 miles (112 kilometres) north of New York City. The federal judge hearing the case said she was not proud of the government's role in nurturing the plot.

In 2004, a Pakistani immigrant was arrested and convicted for a scheme to blow up the subway station at Herald Square in Midtown Manhattan. His lawyers argued that their client had been set up by a police informant who showed him pictures of Iraq abuse to get him involved in an attack against civilians...

[rah]

In 2004, a Pakistani immigrant was arrested and convicted for a scheme to blow up the subway station at Herald Square in Midtown Manhattan. His lawyers argued that their client had been set up by a police informant who showed him pictures of Iraq abuse to get him involved in an attack against civilians...

What would you expect from a defense attorney? Not knowing anything more about this case...........