Episode 445 • • 1:22:26 - 1:25:41
445: Insider Attacks
FBI Entrapment, Adel Daoud, Weapon of Mass Destruction Charge
The FBI arrested 18-year-old Adel Daoud in Chicago for attempting to use a "weapon of mass destruction" in a plot concocted by federal agents. The CBC reports that the FBI provided the fake bomb and dreamed up the plot after finding Daoud talking about jihad online. The hosts discuss the trend of the FBI creating "operational terrorists" out of impressionable individuals to bypass the bureaucracy of real investigative work.