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In reply to the discussion: FBI Entrapment Created 'Illusion' of Terrorist Plots: Report [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)12. Thank you for the heads-up, JaneyVee! Will viddy.
From HBO:
On May 20, 2009, four men from the impoverished and largely African-American city of Newburgh, NY, were apprehended for an alleged terror plot. They had no history of violence or terrorist ties, but had been drawn by a Pakistani FBI informant into a carefully orchestrated scheme to bomb Jewish synagogues in a wealthy New York City suburb and fire Stinger missiles at U.S. military supply planes. Their dramatic arrest, complete with armored cars, a SWAT team and FBI aircraft, played out under the gaze of major TV outlets, ultimately resulting in 25-year prison sentences for the Newburgh Four.
Amidst the media frenzy surrounding the case, political figures extolled the outcome as a victory in the war on terror and a textbook example of how a major investigation should be conducted, though others believed the four men were victims of FBI entrapment. THE NEWBURGH STING delves deeply into this case one of many cases across the country where people have been allegedly drawn into a plot with extreme consequences.
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On May 20, 2009, four men from the impoverished and largely African-American city of Newburgh, NY, were apprehended for an alleged terror plot. They had no history of violence or terrorist ties, but had been drawn by a Pakistani FBI informant into a carefully orchestrated scheme to bomb Jewish synagogues in a wealthy New York City suburb and fire Stinger missiles at U.S. military supply planes. Their dramatic arrest, complete with armored cars, a SWAT team and FBI aircraft, played out under the gaze of major TV outlets, ultimately resulting in 25-year prison sentences for the Newburgh Four.
Amidst the media frenzy surrounding the case, political figures extolled the outcome as a victory in the war on terror and a textbook example of how a major investigation should be conducted, though others believed the four men were victims of FBI entrapment. THE NEWBURGH STING delves deeply into this case one of many cases across the country where people have been allegedly drawn into a plot with extreme consequences.
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Mix in Secret Government and Spherical Snooping and its MONEY for those in the know.
Octafish
Jul 2014
#10
How FBI Entrapment Is Inventing 'Terrorists' - and Letting Bad Guys Off the Hook
Octafish
Jul 2014
#13
Ironic. While very conservative, the FBI Agent Donald Adams was quite a compelling person.
Octafish
Jul 2014
#62
I'm more worried about the Feds arresting cancer grannies for growing pot
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2014
#43
Like DCI William Colby said re Sam Giancana: ''We had nothing to do with that.''
Octafish
Jul 2014
#35
How else can the establishment (TPTB) justify its humongous anti-terraist budget and its
indepat
Jul 2014
#17
You mean the creep who WILLINGLY pressed a button convinced he was going to blow up a crowd
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2014
#42
Mohamud: "I want whoever is attending that event to leave, to leave either dead or injured"
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2014
#45
And apparently a jury of 12 people didn't agree with Glenn Greenwald, who is one.
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2014
#51
I wouldn't. But this guy did considerably more than that. And I have to believe you grasp that fact.
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2014
#53
Back in the 80s a major drug bust went haywire as it turned out ALL of the players were cops....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2014
#63
entrapment laws are a lot like vacation laws, maternity leave laws, sick pay laws
Adam051188
Aug 2014
#76