Cinner@kbin.social to News@kbin.social · 1 year agoThe FBI Groomed a 16-Year-Old With “Brain Development Issues” to Become a Terroristtheintercept.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldpolcrime@sopuli.xyzusa@lemmy.mltechnews@radiation.party
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkThe FBI Groomed a 16-Year-Old With “Brain Development Issues” to Become a Terroristtheintercept.comCinner@kbin.social to News@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldpolcrime@sopuli.xyzusa@lemmy.mltechnews@radiation.party
An undercover FBI agent befriended teenager Mateo Ventura online. When he turned 18, he was arrested for supporting ISIS.
minus-squaremoneygrowsontrees@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoHow in the world is this of any value for the FBI? WTF?
minus-squareSolivine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoPerhaps to get more info on how ISIS recruits idk
minus-squarefear@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYou’d think the best way to do that would be to pose as the brain damaged 16 year old rather than go find one and help ruin his life.
minus-squareCinner@kbin.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThey don’t have any real terrorism to point to but they want to keep their jobs and the military industrial complex needs more trillions. Now they can point to this kid and say “Look! We stopped a terrorist plot!”
How in the world is this of any value for the FBI? WTF?
Perhaps to get more info on how ISIS recruits idk
You’d think the best way to do that would be to pose as the brain damaged 16 year old rather than go find one and help ruin his life.
They don’t have any real terrorism to point to but they want to keep their jobs and the military industrial complex needs more trillions. Now they can point to this kid and say “Look! We stopped a terrorist plot!”