Did FBI Go ‘Rogue’ on Iran?

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from Consortium News:



Did FBI Go ‘Rogue’ on Iran?
October 17, 2011

Official Washington’s clamor for retaliation against Iran for its alleged role in a bizarre plot to murder the Saudi ambassador has put the U.S. and Iran on a collision course again. But Lawrence Davidson wonders whether it’s U.S. counter-terror agencies that are out of control.

By Lawrence Davidson


On Sept. 1, I posted a piece titled “America’s FBI Goes Rogue.” The gist of that piece was that the FBI’s Counter Terrorist Unit has transformed itself into an instigator of crime. The Agency’s modus operandi (MO) here reminds one of those carnivorous plants that have evolved physical shapes that lure their insect victims to their deaths.

So too does the FBI’s approach to “terror prevention” rely on spinning crime scenarios so as to lure unsuspecting “terrorists” into a criminal trap.

The recently announced arrest of the American-Iranian, Mansor Arbabsiar, a failed used car salesman turned drug peddler (who has a cousin employed by Iran’s Quds Force, the special operations unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards), falls neatly into this MO.

The Justice Departmentalleges that Arbabsiar planned to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador in Washington. At the same time the Department assures us that, according to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, “for the entire operation, the government’s confidential sources were monitored and guided by federal law enforcement agents.” ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://consortiumnews.com/2011/10/17/did-fbi-go-rogue-on-iran/