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I am encouraged to read that some here are reaching beyond kneejerk rage to examine the facts of the case, and I agree with y'all that:
- The FBI gave him the opportunity to commit the crime, not the inducement. He has wanted to do such a thing since he was 15. Me, I was trying to land a girlfriend at that age, but everybody's got their own priorities.
- The FBI needed to have him go all the way through with his plan in order to build an airtight case against him. Now there's no wriggling out of it - he'll never breathe free air again, period.
But:
- This episode is not reassuring to me that the FBI is on top of the situation. How many sleeper cells are going to be dumb enough to swap coded emails with known jihadists in NW Pakistan? Just like with any criminals, you only catch the stupid ones this easy.
- What about his family? Can they abdicate all responsibility for what a teen boy does in their home? It reminds me of Harris's and Klebold's parents who claimed they had no idea their children were planning mass murder, although there were weapons and parts strewn around their rooms in plain sight:
Columbine: Were There Warning Signs? - 60 Minutes - CBS News
"Where were Harris and Klebold's parents all this time? They have never spoken publicly about Columbine, but in police interviews they said they had no idea about the arsenal of weapons their sons were amassing in their bedrooms - including knives, guns, cans full of gunpowder, coils of bomb fuse, and bombs - more than 100 of them, including pipe bombs, propane bombs and homemade grenades."
- The FBI gave him the opportunity to commit the crime, not the inducement. He has wanted to do such a thing since he was 15. Me, I was trying to land a girlfriend at that age, but everybody's got their own priorities.
- The FBI needed to have him go all the way through with his plan in order to build an airtight case against him. Now there's no wriggling out of it - he'll never breathe free air again, period.
But:
- This episode is not reassuring to me that the FBI is on top of the situation. How many sleeper cells are going to be dumb enough to swap coded emails with known jihadists in NW Pakistan? Just like with any criminals, you only catch the stupid ones this easy.
- What about his family? Can they abdicate all responsibility for what a teen boy does in their home? It reminds me of Harris's and Klebold's parents who claimed they had no idea their children were planning mass murder, although there were weapons and parts strewn around their rooms in plain sight:
Columbine: Were There Warning Signs? - 60 Minutes - CBS News
"Where were Harris and Klebold's parents all this time? They have never spoken publicly about Columbine, but in police interviews they said they had no idea about the arsenal of weapons their sons were amassing in their bedrooms - including knives, guns, cans full of gunpowder, coils of bomb fuse, and bombs - more than 100 of them, including pipe bombs, propane bombs and homemade grenades."