beep@piefed.world to NewsEnglish · 22 days agoFBI says it stopped a Mall of America terror attack by a teen after agents sold him an assault riflewww.justice.govexternal-linkmessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareTaldanlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·22 days agoReading between the lines, you’re 100% correct The guy recorded a pledge to ISIS and sent it to the confidential informant, so he was really sending his pledge to the FBI and the FBI alone Then they talk about how they arranged the weapons and sold it to him The FBI created a terrorist then caught him. His religion, country of origin, and location were not a coincidence On one hand, I’m glad a potential terrorist is off the streets, on the other hand, there are so many people vulnerable to grooming like that
Reading between the lines, you’re 100% correct
The guy recorded a pledge to ISIS and sent it to the confidential informant, so he was really sending his pledge to the FBI and the FBI alone
Then they talk about how they arranged the weapons and sold it to him
The FBI created a terrorist then caught him. His religion, country of origin, and location were not a coincidence
On one hand, I’m glad a potential terrorist is off the streets, on the other hand, there are so many people vulnerable to grooming like that