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The thought was not the crime in Portland, the action was. Further, the action was not a minor step over an arbitrary line. It was intent to commit murder.

Entrapment is going after someone that would not otherwise commit the crime. Offering someone $1000 to leave a bag of crap on a doorstep is entrapment. Acting on a tip that someone is seeking a hit man by pretending to be a real hit man isn't entrapment. One creates a crime, the other allows it to proceed. Hiring a hit man is not a thought crime, it is an actual action.

Our little muzzie friend in Portland fits into the latter category.

17 posted on 11/30/2010 5:41:59 PM PST by SampleMan (If all of the people currently oppressed shared a common geography, bullets would already be flying.)

It would not be entrapment in the kid came to the FBI wanting to blow something up. It would be entrapment if the FBI went to the kid.

If someone was seeking a hit man, then they had the intention of committing a crime. But if you went to someone and offered it without solicitation, it would be entrapment.