Posted on 08/18/2009 2:33:06 PM PDT by NetLiberty
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A New Jersey blogger facing charges in two states for allegedly making threats against lawmakers and judges was trained by the FBI on how to be deliberately provocative, his attorney said Tuesday.
Hal Turner worked for the FBI from 2002 to 2007 as an "agent provocateur" and was taught by the agency "what he could say that wouldn't be crossing the line," defense attorney Michael Orozco said.
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That's really difficult to imagine.
Some of my friends seriously believe that something 'ODD' will occur, some type of "wild card" event, out of the sky blue, utterly unexpected will occur - which will radicalize the population into separate groups who then fight eachother, on a large scale like outright civil war, but I total disagree.
Certainly, as you suggest, historically speaking, there would have to be many many many more factors at work to bring a huge nation, comprised of so many different groups & interests, to the ACTUAL brink of civil war.
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