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July 22, 2014

Report: Federal Agents Involved in Most Top U.S. Terrorism Plots 
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A new report by Human Rights Watch finds federal agents or their
informants have played a direct role in almost every major domestic
terrorism case since 9/11. Deputy Washington Director Andrea Prasow
described the targeting of Muslim Americans in sting operations.

Andrea Prasow: "If law enforcement has a reason to suspect that someone
has a propensity towards violence, has expressed an interest in engaging
in violence or other criminal activity, of course they should
investigate, and they should use all the lawful resources they have at
their disposal. But in some cases, they were doing more than that. They
were expecting that people would be terrorists and doing everything they
could to help them become terrorists."

 

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