Topic: Christopher Lee Cornell

2 chapters across the catalog

Code 44
Episode 689 1:12:22 - 1:41:38

689: Code 44

Executive Producer Credits, Global Donations

The hosts read through executive producer donations and grant "karma" to listeners for various life events. A significant portion of the segment critiques the FBI's arrest of Christopher Lee Cornell in Ohio, alleging the plot was an entrapment scheme involving a 20-year-old "mama's boy." The segment also mentions the 10th Annual Podcast Awards.

Cyber Caliphate
Episode 687 39:45 - 44:30

687: Cyber Caliphate

Christopher Lee Cornell, FBI Entrapment and Homegrown Terror

The FBI arrested 20-year-old Christopher Lee Cornell in Ohio for an alleged plot to attack the U.S. Capitol with pipe bombs and rifles. Media reports emphasized that Cornell was "inspired" by ISIS and the deceased cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. The hosts analyze the case as a potential instance of FBI entrapment, where a confidential informant may have coerced an impressionable youth into a plot he could not have executed alone.