01/04/13 – Trevor Aaronson – The Scott Horton Show

by | Jan 4, 2013 | Interviews | 2 comments

Trevor Aaronson, author of The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism, discusses how the FBI became a department of pre-crime after 9/11; using informants to entrap unsavory characters who have no means or opportunity to commit terrorism on their own; the lack of media skepticism on sting operations; and how the FBI uses blackmail and immigration threats to recruit and motivate Muslim informants.

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