The Sting: How the FBI Created a Terrorist

http://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/16/howthefbicreatedaterrorist/
Date Written:  2015-03-16
Publisher:  The Intercept
Year Published:  2015
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX17371

Informant-led sting operations are central to the FBI’s counterterrorism program. Of 508 defendants prosecuted in federal terrorism-related cases in the decade after 9/11, 243 were involved with an FBI informant, while 158 were the targets of sting operations.