Re:FBI arrest man over alleged Amazon centre bomb plot
by ahelwer on Monday April 12, 2021 @05:35PM
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Being the criminal complaint, all this stuff was written by the FBI. We'll see how it actually goes at trial. The grandparent isn't just making stuff up; the feds have done this before, continually https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/fbi-entrap...
Re:FBI arrest man over alleged Amazon centre bomb plot
by bobthepanda on Monday April 12, 2021 @05:52PM
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At the same time, there are people who are actually motivated enough to do something like this.
Just last year someone detonated an RV bomb at a Nashville AT&T building.
Re:FBI arrest man over alleged Amazon centre bomb plot
by entrapment on Monday April 12, 2021 @06:11PM
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Not saying it has never happened but it is illegal for the police to entice someone into committing a crime they otherwise wouldn't have committed.
This is called "entrapment" and if caught, law enforcement will face penalties for doing it, and the defendant can't be convicted for the crime.
More like, "I'm going to blow up amazon's data centers, who's with me?"
>- Undercover FBI contacts guy "you are totally right. You should do it. Here's a bomb."
According to the criminal complaint[1], the accused has done a lot of prep himself, including: scoping out the place and making maps, disguising his car, and making some sort of box for directing the explosive blasts.
[1] https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.346637...
>- If guy is backing out, he gets coaxed into it further. There is often mental illness involved.
This did not happen at all.