Preemptive Terror Trials: Strike Two - Yahoo! News

Preemptive Terror Trials: Strike Two - Yahoo! News: "The entire situation was concocted by the government. The warehouse was paid for by the FBI, and the defendants moved their operations there at the suggestion of an undercover informant who was also paid by the FBI. The swearing-in ceremony was led by the informant - who at another point also suggested a plan to bomb FBI offices in Miami. 'The case was written, produced and directed by the FBI,' defense attorney Albert Levin said in his closing arguments.

Since 9/11, the FBI has begun using legions of Muslim or Arabic informants in hopes of rooting out radicals before they strike. The main informant in this case was a Middle Eastern man named Elie Assad. He had worked for the FBI for years before he approached Batiste, posing as an al-Qaeda operative named 'Brother Mohammad.' He earned about $80,000 for his services."

Can you say entrapment??? 80,000 dollars is a lot of good reasons to encourage people to turn against the U.S. When I was in high school, sometimes I was amazed at the willingness of younger students to follow my every lead. Some people are just eager to be part of a group, and will follow any suggestion made. It seems to me that many of the "terror" cases in the United States, since 9/11, have been just that. A paid government informant, probably getting a deal for his or her crimes, finds a group of disorganized people with a vague dislike of the U.S., and then organizes them.