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National Security & Defense

bucolic_frolic

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1. A lot of Americans could be stung into many things.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2024, 01:42 PM

Jan 2024

The bigger or more immediate "reward" the greater the impulse. But would they do it if the government weren't involved? Supposedly this was solved by SCOTUS with the Abscam fallout, but no, it only motivated bigger stings.

Government and LE should be truthful.

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A lot of Americans could be stung into many things. bucolic_frolic Jan 2024 #1