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Reminder they gave a known terrorist a VISA just so they could immediately stick a CI with him, and then have the CI entrap the terrorist in a bullshit assassination plot.
So yeah, trump let a lot in that shouldn't, so he could get this self fulfilling prophecy.
Just think of how crazy that is, and that it's unlikely to be their only such gamble.
They want a domestic attack to happen, they're just not going to be as slick about it as Cheney was.
CI ?
Confidential Informant.
They say they have you on a low charge, and the only way out is to snitch and work for the cops.
Often it goes from something like having a small amount of weed, having to snitch on dealers, then one day the FBI show up and if you don't just go along with what they want, you go down for the original charge and outed as a snitch with no credit because you stopped cooperating.
Like, it's exactly the same as what you go thru for blackmail awareness training. Or how a cult gets people to be loyal
Except it's the American justice system orchestrating it.
You should really read up on it, it's crazy interesting and something we desperately need to fix.
Thanks for the explanation. Not American so not able to help you fix it, but good luck with that.
Not without precedent, did they give this one a block of grey Plasticine and tiny digital alarm clock to plug into it too?
Are you referring to Netenyaho?