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Fifth Column
Phase Two: Jersey Jihad case scrutinized for entrapment
2007-05-11
Courtesy of the Associated Press.
CHERRY HILL, N.J. - He railed against the United States, helped scout out military installations for attack, offered to introduce his comrades to an arms dealer, and gave them a list of weapons he could procure, including machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. These were not the actions of a terrorist, but of a paid FBI informant who helped bring down an alleged plot by six Muslim men to massacre U.S. soldiers at New Jersey's Fort Dix.

And those actions have raised questions of whether the government crossed the line and pushed the six men down a path they would not have otherwise followed. It is an argument — entrapment — that has been made in other terrorism cases, and one that has failed miserably in this post-Sept. 11 era.

One defense attorney on the case, Troy Archie, said no decision has been made on whether to argue entrapment, but based on the FBI's own account, "the guys sort of led them on." Rocco Cipparone, a lawyer for another one of the defendants, said he will take a hard look at "the role of paid informants and how aggressive they were in potentially prodding or moving things along."
Posted by:Seafarious

#9  Perhaps you meant, until the Clerk at Circuit City informed authorities about a possible threat to his country.
Posted by: Shipman   2007-05-11 18:12  

#8  the circuit city kid ratted them out

A poor choice of words I think JIB.
Posted by: Shipman   2007-05-11 18:09  

#7  No Muslims are ever guilty of anything. The people who did this can't be real Muslims, it's a case of entrapment, it's a case of Islamophobia, it's a Zionist plot to demonize Muslims, blah, blah...
Posted by: Sonar   2007-05-11 12:36  

#6  Notice that their lawyers don't come right out and say that they plan to claim entrapment. This is all AP spin.
Posted by: Angie Schultz   2007-05-11 10:55  

#5  Entrapment will not work. Never has, never will - when it comes to the original intent. Informer didn't start working these guys until after the circuit city kid ratted them out about the video. Lawyer talk at $500 per hour. Wonder if they are PD's or being paid and if being paid - by whom? Follow the money.
Posted by: Jack is Back!   2007-05-11 10:28  

#4  Tatar, called a Philadelphia police officer in November, saying that he had been approached by someone who was pressuring him to obtain a map of Fort Dix, and that he feared the incident was terrorist-related, according to court documents.

I thought he called the police to see if someone he suspected to be an informant actually was. That's what previous articles on the subject said... presumably based on comments from the police.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-05-11 08:57  

#3  How do you entrap someone into making a jihad video?
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2007-05-11 07:52  

#2  entrapment defense == desperation
Posted by: gorb   2007-05-11 02:35  

#1  Iff NOT "hatred of America", then maybe t'was the $$$ > ASIA TIMES - CONVERT, OR WE WILL BEHEAD YOU. Or SSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHH you can pay US$1600.0 in the name of Allah to prevent your beheading.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-05-11 01:48  

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