They bring up a great point.

They bring up a great point. The entrapment aside, how can anyone trust the legal system, which is supposed to be unbiased, when the system begins and ends with corruption in the name of exacerbating a war no one wants?

Originally shared by RT

We've all heard of pre-emptive strikes but what about pre-emptive prosecutions? Muslims in the US are outraged by what appears to be America's latest tactic in its war on terror - entrapping people it suspects might plan terrorist acts in the future. Marina Portnaya explains how almost 95% of convictions for this crime are the result of FBI provocation.
http://youtu.be/KpUkRchJxv0

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Jason ON said…
Noel Beale, I don't think you understand. We're not talking about some stranger coming up and saying, "Hey, you wanna hijack a plane?"

This is a long con. The FBI or other police force uses soft subtle nudges over the course of months or years, perhaps even encouraging someone who might not to do something they can then be arrested for. It might be something as simple as "Hey, can you run to Home Depot and get me some fertilizer?" Suddenly, they're "buying bombs supplies." Or they might be encouraged to show up at a protest and suddenly they're a anti-USA political activist.

Let's put it this way. If a random stranger comes up to you on the street and asks you to hold their phone for them while they search for something in their pockets, and being a nice guy you agree, so you take the phone while the stranger is searching through their pockets, are you a terrorist? 

What if the guy was a FBI agent and had the names and numbers of suspected terrorists in his phone which you now control?

What if the stranger suddenly cuffed you and arrested you for terrorism, insurrection or as a traitor? 

This is what the article is talking about.
Jason ON said…
Jon Mallin has a great post about the government creating crimes in order to catch so-called criminals: https://plus.google.com/104490451772877571247/posts/MpCp4iPb4jY
Jason ON said…
I can see your life right now, Noel Beale. No friends because you can never help anyone do anything without calling the police first and the police probably have you listed as an annoyance for all the times you call over routine human interactions.
Jon Mallin said…
What most people don't realize is that entrapment is a hollow defense that, plain and simple, doesn't work. Defense attorneys can't work with it. And entrapment is so often used that gross injustice can and does result. The entire basis for the entrapment defense rests upon common sense, the notion that people can be manipulated. When the government does the manipulating, the government turns justice on its head. And there is no remaining legal remedy for all practical purposes.
Jason ON said…
+Noel Beale, it must be nice to live in your naive fantasy land. People are convinced, coerced or brainwashed into things every single day. Religion comes to mind. So does the libertarian ideology. 

When the police (or rather, the FBI) entrap someone it's not a "here hold this bomb, I'll be right back with handcuffs" scenario, it's more subtle, targeted at those who are the most influential and who  are coerced into playing one role in a much larger scheme. 

They then arrest these people who have no idea they've been set up or participated in a "terrorist" plot.
Jason ON said…
People are perfectly responsible for themselves however you don't seem to have any basic idea of psychology or sociology. 

But hey, you want to live in a world of like minded people with the right background, the right parentage and the right education. That's fine. Go back to your fenced in covenant community. However, the rest of the world lives in reality where people have lower IQs, have backgrounds that convey easily an influenced mind.

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