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The Judge explains the post-9/11 history of terror plots created and facilitated by the FBI and what it means for the alleged Iranian plot.
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Does the government work for us and we worked for the government can the federal government take credit for saving us from -- -- of its own creation.
Tonight has the federal government kept us safer doesn't just want us to think that it is kept us safe.
Since the tragedy of 9/11 numerous crazies and low level copycats.
Have engaged in criminal behavior which they hoped would result in the deaths.
The deaths of innocent Americans.
And somehow advance their cause of Jihad.
If you ask the leadership of the FBI.
Most of whose field agents -- tireless dedicated constitution supporting professionals.
It will tell you that it the FBI -- -- about seventeen plots to kill Americans during the past ten years.
What I will not tell you is that there have been twenty foiled plots and of them three were interrupted by members of the public.
The seventeen that were interrupted by the feds were created by the Fed's.
We all remember the three that were foiled by diligent Americans the shoe bomber.
The underwear bomber and the Times Square bomber.
And all of these cases the crimes charged -- those of attempting to kill and conspiring with others to do so.
All three of those cases alert Americans on transcontinental flights or in the streets of New York City.
Told authorities a bizarre behavior or actually subdue the threats themselves.
There was no four ruling by the FBI.
The plotters were thankfully bumbling fools would poorly planned their criminal behavior and who ended up harming no one.
All three are serving life terms.
But the more curious -- -- are the remaining seventeen.
For which the federal government has taken credit.
They all have a common and rep.
-- sensible thread they were planned plotted control been carried out by the federal government itself.
In all of these seventeen cases from the Fort Dix six to the lack a lot of seven to the Portland parade bomber.
The feds found young man of Muslim backgrounds.
Loners who were better in America they befriended them cajoled them and persuaded them.
That they could change the world -- killing Americans.
And all these cases agents worked undercover hamper trade themselves to the targets as Arabs of like un American mine.
In some cases the federal agents -- third parties to act as middlemen.
The third parties were typically persons who had been convicted of crimes.
And who in return for leniency at their own sentence things we're willing to work with the same feds who prosecuted them.
In order to help the feds and -- whomever else those fads were pursuing.
Thus in all seventeen of these cases because of the command and control of federal agents no one was ever in danger no one was harmed.
No bomb went off and no property was damaged but and all those cases will losers -- the Fed's target.
Each believed that they were interacting with real plotters who would bring them cash and bombs.
As we know sometimes the cash arrived but the bombs never did.
The defendants were essentially charged and convicted for playing a game with federal agents.
The most recent of those Jennifer -- government generated plots was revealed yesterday.
-- a new twist because of allegedly involved agents of the intelligence apparatus of the government of Iran.
It too was destined to go nowhere.
As the Fed's monitored and taped every move made by their target as He interacted with federal -- to me stupidly believed to be drug dealers and co conspirators.
Today the feds themselves revealed that high officials of Iran's government knew nothing of this.
Of course the neo cons have demanded bombs on Tehran.
Matter what the government their -- And this plot came to -- the day before attorney general holder himself.
Was subpoenaed by congress in the fast and furious case.
You get the picture.
-- in these plots criminal.
And the government just pick and choose whom to seduce and then lower the boom at the right time and arrest -- would be confederate it's.
Is this a proper and efficient use of law enforcement resources.
The answers to these questions are obvious and they are not good.
The courts have made this legal so long as the target of these plots had a mental predisposition.
-- cause harm.
But none of this keeps us safe all of this makes us less free as any one of us can be entrapped and we are fools if we praise the government.
For exposing a plot of its own creation.
And saving us from a danger that never existed.
Can the government break the law and order to enforce.
While when it does it becomes a law unto itself on the rule of law -- as the feds decide whom to target them home to track.
Think about it we really safe any false sense of security.
Why do we pay the government to trick us into believing it is keeping us safe.
One no one is harmed on the government controls the plot are we just punishing someone for his thoughts.
And then a free society.
Aren't free people free to think as they wish.
This must be so.
Because the government can punish our thoughts.
There are no limits to its power.
From New York defending freedom ever.
