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Re:FBI arrest man over alleged Amazon centre bomb plot by shadowgovt on Monday April 12, 2021 @06:18PM (#26785880)
I'm afraid I don't see the relationship between the notion of catfishing one's significant other and setting up a honeypot for somebody seeking weapons to harm other people. The arrested individual wasn't married to the FBI agent, and I don't think anybody reasonable maintains a similar trust relationship with either strangers or government agents to the one that they maintain with their significant others. Can you clarify your meaning?
Re:FBI arrest man over alleged Amazon centre bomb plot by ahelwer on Monday April 12, 2021 @06:23PM (#26785928)
The people generally aren't seeking weapons to harm other people, or at most have very angry thoughts about some target. The feds do their research. They gain their trust. They play on their fears & desires. They suggest the crime.
Re:FBI arrest man over alleged Amazon centre bomb plot by shadowgovt on Monday April 12, 2021 @06:44PM (#26786116)
It appears juries have concluded that people that suggestible cannot be trusted in open society (based on the Buzzfeed article you linked to).
Re:FBI arrest man over alleged Amazon centre bomb plot by ahelwer on Monday April 12, 2021 @06:49PM (#26786156)
No, the juries decided whether the people violated the laws as written. Their decisions have no bearing on the validity of those laws as such.