“But the Garden City plotters were encouraged and facilitated by an FBI informant.”
But the Garden City plotters were encouraged and facilitated by an FBI informant.
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Sadly, with rare exceptions, the only plots that the FBI solves/prevents are those they instigate. For other terrorist actions that the FBI/ATF are not involved with at their genesis, they have little success at prevention...despite being inundated with clues/leads/warnings (e.g., Boston Bombing, the Florida school shooting).