Friday, June 25, 2010
Hatchery-raised terrorists
News item this morning:
The parents are probably right. FBI no longer tries to find or catch serious and effective jihadis. Instead, it cultivates young would-be jihadis, then arrests them at a carefully scripted moment. It's all about the incubation, all about total control of the situation.
Free-range or wild jihadis don't need any cultivation; they simply finish the job. Even when they appear on various watchlists, the FBI doesn't notice them because they're not part of the sting, not part of the feedlot operation.
FBI's method is understandable in a historical context. As Madame Polisztra narrated some time ago, old J. Edgar had great success using the incubator method with Commie groups. By 1970, would-be subversives could never be sure that their fellow conspirators were real; anyone might be an agent.
Incubation was sufficient to keep Commies under control. Proof: After J. Edgar died, the Soviets in Congress ordered FBI to cease bothering their fellow Leninists, and now Leninism (more precisely the Gramsci branch) owns this unfortunate land.
But it's not enough with jihadis. They are more deeply committed to straight destruction, less willing to play cute little subversive games. ¶ 8:49 AM
The parents of a New Jersey man accused of trying to join a terrorist group say they believe the FBI fueled the behavior that led to his arrest.
Mahmood and Nadia Alessa told The Record newspaper their 20-year-old son, Mohamed, had been monitored by the FBI since age 16 and was encouraged by an undercover agent to act like a terrorist.
Mohamed Alessa and 24-year-old Carlos Almonte were arrested June 5 as they prepared to board planes to Egypt. Authorities say they planned to travel to Somalia to seek terror training.
The parents are probably right. FBI no longer tries to find or catch serious and effective jihadis. Instead, it cultivates young would-be jihadis, then arrests them at a carefully scripted moment. It's all about the incubation, all about total control of the situation.
Free-range or wild jihadis don't need any cultivation; they simply finish the job. Even when they appear on various watchlists, the FBI doesn't notice them because they're not part of the sting, not part of the feedlot operation.
FBI's method is understandable in a historical context. As Madame Polisztra narrated some time ago, old J. Edgar had great success using the incubator method with Commie groups. By 1970, would-be subversives could never be sure that their fellow conspirators were real; anyone might be an agent.
Incubation was sufficient to keep Commies under control. Proof: After J. Edgar died, the Soviets in Congress ordered FBI to cease bothering their fellow Leninists, and now Leninism (more precisely the Gramsci branch) owns this unfortunate land.
But it's not enough with jihadis. They are more deeply committed to straight destruction, less willing to play cute little subversive games. ¶ 8:49 AM
