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I am looking for the charging document, but this report seems to be based on it. It is a bit more than mouthing off..

The charging affidavit can be found here: Detroit News story with affidavit

There was one informant, who only contacted authorities after the suspects allegedly started talking about killing police officers.

Of course, I don't want to buck the unquestionable Free Republic conventional wisdom that any FBI action is a Deep State Plot(tm). Who cares if they were actively training for combat, infiltration, and exfiltration? Or that their physical opsec was rather good? Or that they purchased an 800kv taser to disable the Governor so as to take her alive?

Nope, obviously a Deep State Plot, no doubt bankrolled by the evil Soros to distract from the omnipotent Antifa... And we haven't even gotten to the adrenochrome!

Ah, but what's the harm, really? After all, these are very good people. See them, talk to them, make a deal.

Of course, I don't want to buck the unquestionable Free Republic conventional wisdom that any FBI action is a Deep State Plot(tm). Who cares if they were actively training for combat, infiltration, and exfiltration? Or that their physical opsec was rather good? Or that they purchased an 800kv taser to disable the Governor so as to take her alive?

Nope, obviously a Deep State Plot, no doubt bankrolled by the evil Soros to distract from the omnipotent Antifa... And we haven't even gotten to the adrenochrome!

Feel free to enjoy your apparent sense of moral superiority of those of us who question the honesty of the FBI.

Those of us who have actually been paying attention over the past several decades have pretty valid reasons for questioning anything coming out of the FBI, given the tactics that they have admitted to, and even bragged about in the past. The last few years have been a real eye opener for some who haven't really been following the FBI playbook for as long as some of us have.

Frankly, I think it is somewhat naive to accept anything proclaimed by the agency at face value. We have history and facts on our side. The FBI? Yeah, not so much credibility as your average pimp.

Thanks for the link to the charging doc. I doubt the governor was in any real danger from this group. These people likely would have been under surveillance back in March and her security detail would have been increased as soon as they talked about kidnapping her. I think it likely she would have been notified of any new developments in planning by the group..