Of course anarchists are jerks, criminals, terrorists etc.
But this was a controlled operation from the git-go, IMHO. Somebody downloaded the anarkists kookbook, and the FBI took it from there. It’s a good way to discourage terrorism, but don’t mistake it for a real plan that would have come off on its own, without the FBI’s active help, support and encouragement.
I just keep thinking “what if they purchaased this stuff from someone else?” These are the “ends justify the means crowd”. Granted, it seems like this bunch suffers from “intelligence failure” ( big time ) but I would imagine that there are a lot of anarchists out there who have much better skills than these guys do.
“Somebody downloaded the anarkists kookbook, and the FBI took it from there.”
In the complaint, the feds already had their eye on a couple of these guys and sent an informant to a rally, where he saw his targets and a few pals acting unlike the other rally members.
The informant moved in and infiltrated. It was AFTER the group got infiltrated that the informant started wearing a wire and during this period, the main perp talked about, then got, the cookbook. When the group decided it would be better to buy than make explosives, the informant was right there with a suggestion as to where to get the stuff.
Anyone who wants a copy can go to any public library and dl it onto a thumb drive with no trace, so the feds don’t (can’t, actually) trace all the people that have a copy. If you are already under surveillance, yep, they’ll know.