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The FBI Groomed a 16-Year-Old With “Brain Development Issues” to Become a Terrorist (theintercept.com)
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An undercover FBI agent befriended teenager Mateo Ventura online. When he turned 18, he was arrested for supporting ISIS.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How in the world is this of any value for the FBI? WTF?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Perhaps to get more info on how ISIS recruits idk

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

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!"