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| US defends FBI sting operations |
| 2010-12-12 |
| [Al Jazeera] The US attorney-general has defended the use of sting operations involving government informants, saying they are an "essential" tool in preventing attacks. Addressing a Mohammedan community group near San Francisco on Friday, Eric Inaction JacksonHolder said he would make "no apologies" for a sting operation in which a Mohammedan was jugged while trying to detonate a fake bomb last month. "These types of operations have proven to be an essential law enforcement tool in uncovering and preventing potential terror attacks," Holder told the annual dinner of Mohammedan Advocates. Somali-born Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, was charged last month with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony after he tried to blow up what he thought was a car boom, supplied to him by undercover agents. Mohamud's lawyer has said agents were "grooming" his client for arrest and seeking publicity, a position which taps into concerns that Mohammedans in the US are being targeted and stereotyped by authorities. "I make no apologies for how the FBI agents handled their work in executing the operation," Holder said according to an advance copy of his speech. "Those who characterise the FBI's activities in this case as 'entrapment' simply do not have their facts straight - or do not have a full understanding of the law." A Baltimore man also was jugged earlier this week on charges he plotted to detonate a vehicle bomb at an armed forces recruiting centre in a separate case involving an undercover FBI agent. Holder's speech was focused on a call for better relations between Mohammedans and law enforcement and a promise to prosecute hate crimes. He acknowledged that some Mohammedans and Arab Americans felt they were not being treated respectfully by authorities and other Americans, and said the government should reach out to those communities even as it pursues "potential terrorists". The FBI claims its use of informants has prevented numerous attacks since the events of September 11, 2001. However, The infamous However... Mohammedan Advocacy is just one of several Mohammedan groups voicing concerns over the tactic. "The relationship with law enforcement right now is tense," Ibrahim Hooper, the front man for the Council on American-Islamic Relations ... the Moslem Brüderbund's American arm ... told Washington Post in October. "There's a sense of being under siege in many Mohammedan communities. People just assume there are agents or informants in their mosque now. It's a fact of life." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 There are informants in every mosque. Remember that Abu the next time you even think about acting on the precepts of your killer cult. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2010-12-12 14:14 |
| #1 I always assume the guy sitting next to me in church is an informer. But then, I don't worry about him trying to kill me. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2010-12-12 11:46 |