Episode 256 • • 26:17 - 31:01
256: Cheerleaders for Science
FBI Portland Christmas Tree Bomb Plot, Mohamed Osman Mohamud
The FBI arrested 19-year-old Mohamed Osman Mohamud for an alleged plot to detonate a car bomb at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, Oregon. Court affidavits reveal that undercover agents spent six months grooming the suspect and provided him with a fake explosive device and a detonator phone. Critics argue the operation constitutes entrapment, noting that a key meeting where Mohamud allegedly expressed a desire to be "operational" was not recorded due to a "technical difficulty."