Posted on 07/25/2021 11:47:14 AM PDT by TBP
And the third is the actual FBI agent.
I do find all of this bitterly amusing given the Left’s unrelenting attacks on J. Edgar Hoover.
Don’t all cops do this as a matter of routine when trying to get suspects to confess to something? They pretend they know stuff that they don’t know. That’s a form of lying too.
I don’t object to that, but seeking out right-wing groups or whatever and trying to goad them into illegal behavior is way over the line from that.
There was a case in Portland in 2010 where a guy tried to plant a bomb at the Christmas tree lighting in Pioneer Courthouse Square. FBI was in place and nabbed him. There were accusations of entrapment in that case too but the guy, I think Somali, was sent away for 30 years.
I’m assuming there was no entrapment in that case. I guessing it could be a gray area sometimes.
This will be interesting to follow.
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