My questions about the recent "breaking news" re black Muslims

[cantstandbush]

If these people were really planning such an attack, they deserve to spend the rest of their lives in jail. Now to my questions before i pass my own uninformed judgement on this:

1. What role did the FBI informant play in this alleged plan?
2. Was the group planning this on their own BEFORE the FBI infiltrator joined the group?
3. Did the FBI infiltrator entice in any way these would-be-terrorists into coming up with these alleged plans?

I'm asking because everything this administration does has to be suspect, especially at a time like this when they are under fire for everything. The answers to these questions are important to me. I don't know about others.

[grasswire]

1. excellent questions

The story reminds me of that plot to destroy the records center in West Virginia. No one had thought of such a plot until some feds infiltrated a group and suggested it. But some people went to prison anyway.

[pinto]

2. Just a side comment. If you post a link to the story, discussion's better.

[Truthiness Inspector]

7. Agreed.

I have no idea what the OP is talking about, but would love to see a link.

Who, what, where, when?

[cantstandbush]

8. Sorry, here is the link. i thougt everyone at DU sat at the keyboard

while watching cable news alerts.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-06-22-terrorism-investigation_x.htm?csp=24

[TomInTib]

3. This sounds exactly like one of those drug sting set-ups.

"I have a friend who will front you 2 lbs of coke if you think you can get rid of it"

"O K"

"You're under arrest"

[Solomon]

4. Here's the number one question: Where the fuck are the weapons?

They have no fucking shame. How the fuck can you be a terrorist and have not one goddamn weapon.

Have you ever seen a raid of this sort not produce weapons? I knew there weren't any because they weren't trotting them out in front of us. Then Anderson Cooper finally said it.THERE WERE NO WEAPONS FOUND!

I'm fucking fed up. The story was cast in terms of black males in america being fertile feeding ground for Al Qaeda recruiting. BULLSHIT.

It's fucking Willie Horton all over again. Thisa is how they plan on winning the next elections.

They're still letting people in and out of the sears tower with no beefed up security. It's bullshit. Guys sitting around talking shit. They gonna blow up the sears tower from liberty city Miama.

ARRRRRRGGHHH!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

10. They were going to Karate chop the buildings down!

:rofl:

(They were running a karate school, apparently)

[checkmate1947]

5. Same thing happened in the 60s and &0s

This is the same old B/S they did in the 60s and 70 to the
Weatherman and the old SDS,

[newyawker99]

17. Hi checkmate1947!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[peacetalksforall]

6. Yes Yes. Agree. EVERYTHING our leaders do is suspect. You are

right.

[nosmokes]

9. this doesn't even have the smell of TRUTHINESS to it

it's so full of holes. i'm gonna blow up the sears tower and i wanna go the miami slums to plan the operation. huh?

[cantstandbush]

11. You make a great point. n/t

[Bozita]

12. Are we talking Black Muslims or Muslims who happen to be Black?

[bananas]

13. Or blacks who happen to be Muslim?

[Truthiness Inspector]

14. Or Buslims who happen to be Mack? n/t

[madmusic]

15. Karl Rove was there.

Off camera, of course.

[cantstandbush]

16. Wonder how many other alleged plots will be uncovered between now

and November? Interesting that they didn't claim that the wiretap spying broke the case. I guess that will be saved for another "sting.?"