[Phantom Lord]

One good point is that presumably all contacts are precisely documented.

As long as the pedophile is the one who does the initial contact and seeks out a teen girl to talk too, then fine. But I would not be surprised if there are FBI agents sitting in chat rooms typing "13 year old girl looking for older man to chat with" to see who bites their hook.

[AppyPappy]

But I would not be surprised if there are FBI agents sitting in chat rooms typing

I have no problem with that. Any man that would want to hook up with a young person like that is a criminal.

But they don't need to do that. These pervs seeks out young girls. You don't have to pursue them. Go to a boy band chat room and count the people in it. Probably 1/4 are trolling men.

[banjo joe]

would not be surprised if there are FBI agents sitting in chat rooms typing "13 year old girl looking for older man to chat with" to see who bites their hook.

I cruised some boards and rooms back when I was single. Occaisonally you'd see that '16 y/o'...

Not only would I not respond, I would log out and come back another day.

[MrCraig]

EXACTLY!, thats my problem with the whole thing as well. Just like the drug and prostitute stings you see on the cop shows. Entrapment indeed.

[nightdriver]

"But I would not be surprised if there are FBI agents sitting in chat rooms typing "13 year old girl looking for older man to chat with" to see who bites their hook."

Yep! Could show you examples.