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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
filth, are you suggesting that we send the emotionally unstable kids to therapy?
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No, I wasn't. But, therapy probably would have been cheaper than paying informants and undercover FBI agents to set him up. It would definitely have been cheaper than incarceration. It could create some goodwill between the federal government and members of at-risk populations. Hell, if the therapy was successful, you might even end up with someone who has credibility amongst at risk folk who'd be willing to steer them away from the dark side.
Actually, what I was getting at was the fact that emotionally troubled individuals are easily manipulated. The fact that the FBI found some sucker and tricked him into attempting to detonate a fake bomb doesn't mean that you or I are any safer from terrorists.
There is no shortage of suckers. The FBI should let us know when they find terrorists who are willing and capable of finding suckers who will detonate real bombs, because these folks are the ones we should actually be worried about.