StatusNethttp://rainbowdash.net/api/statusnet/conversation/3947537.atomConversation2024-03-28T18:41:12+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:gnusocial.de,2017-04-20:noticeId=9860276:objectType=comment@scribus Ahh, I mean it's not quite as clear cut in this case, but the man clearly had issues far beyond being a "terrorist sympathizer". http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2015/12/31/rochester/78122594/ https://gnusocial.de/url/3817351 But yeah, one of the FBI informants even encouraged him to go forward with his plot after he expressed hesitation.@<a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/60" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="Scribus Mustella">scribus</a> Ahh, I mean it's not quite as clear cut in this case, but the man clearly had issues far beyond being a "terrorist sympathizer". <a href="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2015/12/31/rochester/78122594/" title="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2015/12/31/rochester/78122594/" rel="nofollow external noreferrer" class="attachment">http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2015/12/31/rochester/78122594/</a> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2015/12/31/quick-look-what-we-know-nye-terror-plot-in-upstate-new-york-isis-linked-terrorism/78129794/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=" title="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2015/12/31/quick-look-what-we-know-nye-terror-plot-in-upstate-new-york-isis-linked-terrorism/78129794/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=" rel="nofollow external noreferrer" class="attachment">https://gnusocial.de/url/3817351</a> <br /> <br /> But yeah, one of the FBI informants even encouraged him to go forward with his plot after he expressed hesitation.http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2017-04-20T19:09:22+00:002017-04-20T19:09:22+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://gnusocial.de/user/225017csauruscsauruscsaurusGNUsocial.de is shutting down :( Find me at @anarchosaurus@social.fsck.clubWestern NYhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenthttp://rainbowdash.net/notice/4770575@csaurus John DeLorean's whole cocaine debacle was entrapment from A to Z. Feds approached him, funded the buy, set up the connections, almost like they were trying to use him to bait the seller, then turned around and arrested him for drug trafficking.@<span class="vcard"><a href="https://gnusocial.de/csaurus" class="url" title="csaurus"><span class="fn nickname mention">csaurus</span></a></span> John DeLorean's whole cocaine debacle was entrapment from A to Z. Feds approached him, funded the buy, set up the connections, almost like they were trying to use him to bait the seller, then turned around and arrested him for drug trafficking.http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2017-04-20T19:06:25+00:002017-04-20T19:06:25+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttp://rainbowdash.net/user/60scribusscribusScribusThe tragic aftermath of an accident between Greg Universe and Squanchy at the LHC. Narrator for the Sage And Savant steampunk adventure podcast. Largely dead inside, but getting better.IE, CAhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:gnusocial.de,2017-04-20:noticeId=9860167:objectType=comment@scribus I'm not familiar with the term.@<a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/60" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="Scribus Mustella">scribus</a> I'm not familiar with the term.http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2017-04-20T18:59:43+00:002017-04-20T18:59:43+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://gnusocial.de/user/225017csauruscsauruscsaurusGNUsocial.de is shutting down :( Find me at @anarchosaurus@social.fsck.clubWestern NYhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenthttp://rainbowdash.net/notice/4770552@csaurus They DeLorean'd the guy!?@<span class="vcard"><a href="https://gnusocial.de/csaurus" class="url" title="csaurus"><span class="fn nickname mention">csaurus</span></a></span> They DeLorean'd the guy!?http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2017-04-20T18:56:13+00:002017-04-20T18:56:13+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttp://rainbowdash.net/user/60scribusscribusScribusThe tragic aftermath of an accident between Greg Universe and Squanchy at the LHC. Narrator for the Sage And Savant steampunk adventure podcast. Largely dead inside, but getting better.IE, CAhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:gnusocial.de,2017-04-20:noticeId=9859928:objectType=comment@micahflee The FBI did something like that here in Rochester. They basically singled out a mentally ill poor person, pretended to be from ISIS and then gave him money to go buy knives and stuff from Wal-Mart. Then they arrested him for terrorism.@<a href="https://mastodon.social/users/micahflee" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="Micah Lee 🔑">micahflee</a> The FBI did something like that here in Rochester. They basically singled out a mentally ill poor person, pretended to be from ISIS and then gave him money to go buy knives and stuff from Wal-Mart. Then they arrested him for terrorism.http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2017-04-20T18:42:18+00:002017-04-20T18:42:18+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://gnusocial.de/user/225017csauruscsauruscsaurusGNUsocial.de is shutting down :( Find me at @anarchosaurus@social.fsck.clubWestern NYhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:mastodon.social,2017-04-20:objectId=3441528:objectType=StatusThe Intercept's just released a 4-part series about US government terrorism prosecutions since 9/11 called Trial and Terror, including amazing data visualizations: https://theintercept.com/series/trial-and-terror/<p>The Intercept's just released a 4-part series about US government terrorism prosecutions since 9/11 called Trial and Terror, including amazing data visualizations: <a href="https://theintercept.com/series/trial-and-terror/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/series/trial-</span><span class="invisible">and-terror/</span></a></p>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2017-04-20T18:21:37+00:002017-04-20T18:21:37+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://mastodon.social/users/micahfleemicahfleemicahfleemicahfleeDigital security/software dev/journalist at The Intercept. 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