In Terrorism Stings, Questions of Entrapment - NYTimes.com
“It doesn’t matter whether it’s a would-be terrorist who has expressed his desire to launch an attack, or a would-be drug dealer who has indicated an interest in moving a kilo of crack cocaine,” said Kenneth L. Wainstein, a former assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s national security division. “So long as that person has expressed an interest in committing a crime, it’s appropriate for the government to respond by providing the purported means of carrying out that crime so as to make a criminal case against him.”This is dangerous thinking. What if the would-be "entrapee" was actually an "entrapeur" himself, trying to goad these agents into aiding and abetting an unlawful act?
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