FBI manufactured flimsy terrorist plots to parade as investigative successes
Evidence
Other reports have shown that the pressure on the FBI to produce results has often relied upon questionable use of informants and agents provocateurs to create flimsy plots that could be then broken up and paraded as investigative successes. — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 32
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
- XREF: The manufactured-threat dynamic echoes how fear is productive for the institution that wields it, mirroring the scare-hoarding mechanics in White Noise.
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