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FBI surveillance (feddit.dk)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/funny@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 56 points 7 months ago (6 children)

It's insane that he pretended to be terrorists of Islamist, feminist, white supremacist, and Zionist origins, but the only one any government cared about in any way was the Islamist terrorists persona. It's also insane that he was convicted of being an Islamist terrorist when it's clear that he wasn't an Islamist because they knew about all the personas.

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  • [–] 22 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    If he didn't do anything criminal under those other personas, what would they prosecute him for? Most of his activities were just not crimes, but covered under free speech; giving someone bomb-making instructions in the belief that he's actually going to commit terrorist attacks is not.

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Australi Witness passed specific[22] information on the manufacture of a bomb targeting a September 11 memorial event in Kansas City, Missouri, to an FBI informant, who was posing as a Muslim extremist.

    We can't say how much of this deal was set up by the government and how much was his initiative. If this was a Honeypot and they caught a mentally ill man from it the question is are they running similar set ups for other "extremist" groups. If they're just targeting Islamic groups then that shows some racism.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Not to mention they could have set up the trap for ANY of his personas and it would have worked the same. Creating fake crime just to put people in jail.

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